storm.html - See: TAKE BY STORM.

storm.html - In British slang: outstanding in vigour, speed, or skill; 'cracking'. Etymology: Formed on the verb storm, probably as a transferred use of the military sense 'to make a vigorous assault on; to take by storm'. History and Usage: This sense of storming was a feature mainly of sport reports and tabloid journalism from the seventies onwards; in the same sources, a stormer was anything that could be described in the superlative: something very large, very successful, or very good. When, during the Gulf War of early 1991, the tabloid papers in the UK described the US Commander General Norman Schwarzkopf as Stormin' Norman, they were taking advantage of both the rhyme and the pun with the military sense of storm from which this adjective derives. The outstanding performer in the open was Stuart Evans who had a storming game. Rugby News Mar. 1987, p.
2 There are conflicting views on whether Gen Schwarzkopf...deserves the nickname 'Stormin' Norman', which he detests. Independent 18 Feb. 1991, p. 3

storm.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usu. with thunder and rain or snow etc.
2 Meteorol. a wind intermediate between gale and hurricane, esp. (on the Beaufort scale) of 55-72 m.p.h.
3 a violent disturbance of the established order in human affairs.
4 (foll. by of) a a violent shower of missiles or blows. b an outbreak of applause, indignation, hisses, etc. (they were greeted by a storm of abuse).
5 a a direct assault by troops on a fortified place. b the capture of a place by such an assault.

--v.

1 intr. (often foll. by at, away) talk violently, rage, bluster.
2 intr. (usu. foll. by in, out of, etc.) move violently or angrily (stormed out of the meeting).
3 tr. attack or capture by storm.
4 intr. (of wind, rain, etc.) rage; be violent.

storm-bird = storm petrel. storm centre 1 the point to which the wind blows spirally inward in a cyclonic storm.
2 a subject etc. upon which agitation or disturbance is concentrated. storm cloud 1 a heavy rain-cloud.
2 a threatening state of affairs. storm-cock a mistle-thrush. storm-collar a high coat-collar that can be turned up and fastened. storm cone Brit. a tarred-canvas cone hoisted as a warning of high wind, upright for the north and inverted for the south. storm-door an additional outer door for protection in bad weather or winter. storm-finch Brit. = storm petrel. storm-glass a sealed tube containing a solution of which the clarity is thought to change when storms approach. storming-party a detachment of troops ordered to begin an assault. storm in a teacup Brit. great excitement over a trivial matter. storm-lantern Brit. a hurricane lamp. storm petrel 1 a small petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the North Atlantic, with black and white plumage.
2 a person causing unrest. storm-sail a sail of smaller size and stouter canvas than the corresponding one used in ordinary weather. storm-signal a device warning of an approaching storm. storm trooper 1 hist. a member of the Nazi political militia.
2 a member of the shock troops. storm troops 1 = shock troops (see SHOCK(1) )).
2 hist. the Nazi political militia. storm window an additional outer sash-window used like a storm-door. take by storm 1 capture by direct assault.
2 rapidly captivate (a person, audience, etc.).

stormless adj. stormproof adj. [OE f. Gmc]

storm.html - adj.
prevented by storms from leaving port or continuing a voyage.

storm.html - adj.
(stormier, stormiest)
1 of or affected by storms.
2 (of a wind etc.) violent, raging, vehement.
3 full of feeling or outbursts; lively, boisterous (a stormy meeting).

stormy petrel = storm petrel.

stormily adv. storminess n.

storm.html - See: DIME STORE, IN STORE, SET STORE BY, VARIETY STORE.