Definitions for gust
gʌstgust

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gust, blast, blownoun

   a strong current of air

   "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUSTnoun

   Etymology: goust, French; gustus, Latin.

   1. Sense of tasting.

   Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust,
   Yet cry, if man’s unhappy, God’s unjust. Alexander Pope.

   2. Height of perception; height of sensual enjoyment.

   They fondly thinking to allay
   Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit
   Chew’d bitter ashes, which th’ offended taste
   With spattering noise rejected. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

   Where love is duty on the female side,
   On theirs meer sensual gust, and sought with surly pride. John Dryden, Fables.

   My sight, and smell, and hearing were employ’d,
   And all three senses in full gust enjoy’d. John Dryden, Fables.

   3. Love; liking.

   To kill, I grant, is sin’s extremest gust;
   But, in defence, by mercy ’tis made just. William Shakespeare, Timon.

   Old age shall do the work of taking away both the gust and comfort of them. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 38.

   We have lost, in a great measure, the gust and relish of true happiness. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   4. Turn of fancy; intellectual taste.

   The principal part of painting is to find what nature has made most proper to this art, and a choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients. Dryden.

   5. [From guster, Islandick.] A sudden violent blast of wind.

   Some troops pursue the bloody-minded queen,
   That led calm Henry, though he were a king,
   As doth a sail, fill’d with a fretting gust,
   Command an argosie to stem the waves. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   You may as well forbid the mountain pines
   To wag their high tops, and to make a noise,
   When they are fretted with the gusts of heav’n. William Shakespeare.

   Presently come forth swarms and volleys of libels, which are the gusts of liberty of speech restrained. Francis Bacon, H. VII.

   As when fierce northern blasts from th’ Alps descend,
   From his firm roots with struggling gusts to rend
   An aged sturdy oak, the rattling sound
   Grows loud. John Denham.

   Part stay for passage, ’till a gust of wind
   Ships o’er their forces in a shining sheet. John Dryden, Ann. Mirab.

   Pardon a weak distemper’d soul, that swells
   With sudden gusts, and sinks as soon in calms,
   The sport of passions. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   6. It is written in Edmund Spenser vitiously for justs, sports.

   Full jolly knight he seem’d, and fair did sit,
   As one for knightly gusts and fierce encounters fit. Fa. Qu.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gust

   A gust is a brief, strong rush of wind or air. It can also refer to a sudden outburst of something such as sound, emotion, or activity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gustnoun

   a sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw

2. Gustnoun

   a sudden violent burst of passion

3. Gustnoun

   the sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto

4. Gustnoun

   gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment

5. Gustnoun

   intellectual taste; fancy

6. Gustverb

   to taste; to have a relish for

7. Etymology: [L. gustus; cf. It. & Sp. gusto. 46.]

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1. Gust

   Gust Co. Ltd. is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for their Atelier and Ar tonelico series. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tecmo Koei.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gust

   gust, n. a sudden blast of wind: a violent burst of passion.—adjs. Gust′ful, Gust′y, stormy: irritable.—n. Gust′iness. [Ice. gustr, blast.]

2. Gust

   gust, n. sense of pleasure of tasting: relish: gratification.—n. Gustā′tion, the act of tasting: the sense of taste.—adjs. Gust′ātive, Gus′tātory, of or pertaining to gustation.—n. Gust′o, taste: zest. [L. gustus, taste; cf. Gr. geuein, to make to taste.]

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1. Gust

   Gust provides the global platform for the sourcing and management of early-stage investments. Gust enables skilled entrepreneurs to collaborate with the smartest investors by virtually supporting all aspects of the investment relationship, from initial pitch to successful exit. Gust is endorsed by the world’s leading business angel and venture capital associations, and powers over 1,100 investment organizations in 75 countries. More than 180,000 start-ups have already used the platform to connect and collaborate with over 42,000 individual accredited investors. The company was founded in 2004 under the name Angelsoft and is privately held. Gust is based in New York, New York, with an European office in Paris, France.Gust is based in New York City and was founded by super angel David S. Rose, founder and Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gust

   A sudden violent wind experienced near mountainous lands; it is of short duration, and generally succeeded by fine breezes.

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1. GUST

   What does GUST stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GUST acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUST

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gust is ranked #9652 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gust surname appeared 3,362 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Gust.
   
   92.8% or 3,120 total occurrences were White.
   2.7% or 91 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.4% or 81 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1% or 35 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 24 total occurrences were Black.
   0.3% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for gust »

1. stug

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gust in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gust in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of gust in a Sentence

1. Ray Smith:

   It was a freak gust of wind that caught everyone unawares, it actually pulled the safety stakes out of the ground.

2. Li Ganjie:

   Inspection is not 'a gust of wind' ... It will become a long-term mechanism to help local authorities to improve environmental quality.

3. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford:

   It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

4. Magha:

   A man of feeble character resembles a reed that bends with every gust of wind.

5. Chesson Hadley:

   I did not hit the shot the way I wanted to, but I didn't feel like I hit it bad enough for it not to get to the front of the green or maybe even five steps on the front, so might have caught a gust (but) it's my fault at the end of the day.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gust
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gust
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gust
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gust
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gust
7. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gust
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=gust
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html