downpour

[ doun-pawr, -pohr ]

/ ˈdaʊnˌpɔr, -ˌpoʊr /

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noun

a heavy, drenching rain.

Nearby words

downlink, download, downpatrick, downpipe, downplay, downpour, downrange, downrate, downregulation, downrigger, downright

Origin of downpour

First recorded in 1805–15; down¹ + pour

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Examples from the Web for downpour

Then the air suddenly turns still, the downpour stops, and the sky transforms from grey to turquoise.
Want to Write a Book? Go to Iceland|Adam LeBor|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Noting that a downpour has ended, Ringo gets a roar of laughter when he quips “I just said stop and it did.”
Ringo Starr Is Selling His Pictures and Donating the Proceeds to Charities|Blake Gopnik|June 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Last week, the distant rumblings became a downpour after the dismissal of an early favorite, Pia Toscano.
The American Idol Implosion|Richard Rushfield|April 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The downpour rapidly grew heavier, accompanied by lightning and thunder.
The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea|Janet Aldridge

The people smiled happily in all their discomfort from the downpour.
The Torrent|Vicente Blasco Ibaez
They saw no signs of watch-fires, for these would long since have been quenched by the downpour.
With Lee in Virginia|G. A. Henty
Columbia was struck by a severe electric storm accompanied by a downpour of rain on Tuesday evening.
The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado|Logan Marshall
The downpour was increasing, and beating now a regular tattoo upon the gutter-way.
The Devil Doctor|Sax Rohmer

British Dictionary definitions for downpour

downpour

/ (ˈdaʊnˌpɔː) /

noun

a heavy continuous fall of rain

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