Usually means: Rotating column of water, air.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. waterspout: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. waterspout: Merriam-Webster
  3. waterspout: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. waterspout: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. waterspout: Collins English Dictionary
  6. waterspout: Vocabulary.com
  7. waterspout: Wordnik
  8. waterspout: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. waterspout: Wiktionary
  10. waterspout: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. waterspout: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. waterspout: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. waterspout: Dictionary.com
  14. waterspout: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Waterspout: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Waterspout: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. waterspout: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. waterspout: Rhymezone
  19. Waterspout: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. waterspout: FreeDictionary.org
  21. waterspout: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. waterspout: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. waterspout: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. waterspout: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (waterspout)

noun:  A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).
noun:  A true tornado that passes over a body of water.
noun:  A plume of water rising from the surface of a body of water as the result of an impact or explosion.
noun:  A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof.

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