hurricane

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŭr′ĭ-kən, IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹɪkən/
• (US) enPR: hŭr′ĭ-kān', hûr′ǐ-kān', IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɹɪˌkeɪn/, /ˈhɝɪˌkeɪn/

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Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno juracán.

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

1. A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
   • 2013 March 1, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 2, page 114:

     An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.

2. (meteorology) a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm

• (type of a cyclone): cyclone, tropical storm, typhoon
• (meteorology): breeze, gale, storm

• anticyclone
• wind

Coined by Jeret Peterson.

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

1. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip

• (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, slap-back, stretch

• raunchier