English

Noun

cloudbust ‎(plural cloudbusts)

1. (dialect) A cloudburst.
   • 1929, Boys' Life (June 1929, page 72)

     A sudden cloudbust up in the hills during the night […] swelled the creek

   • 1949, George Palmer Putnam, Hickory shirt: a novel of Death Valley in 1850

     "Setting up for a cloudbust," Hickory said. "She don't aim to hit right around here, anyway."

Related terms

• cloudbuster
• cloudbusting