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Definition of "williwaw" [wil•li•waw]

  • A violent gust of cold wind blowing seaward from a mountainous coast, especially in the Straits of Magellan. (noun)
  • A sudden gust of wind; a squall. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "williwaw" in a sentence
  • "Palin the williwaw is about to be unleashed out of the northland like a force of nature upon the political world and, few in the lower 48 know anything about the overwhelming power of a williwaw."
  • "The "williwaw," sometimes called the "wooley," is one of the great terrors of Fuegian inland waters."
  • "According to Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition, a williwaw is a “violent gust of cold land air, common along mountainous coasts of high latitudes.”"
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