• IPA: /ɡʌst/

gust (plural gusts)

1. A strong, abrupt rush#Noun|rush of wind#Noun|wind.

   Synonyms: windflaw

2. (by extension) Any rush or outburst (of water#Noun|water, emotion, etc.).
   • 1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Hard Words”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, publishers, […], OCLC 1118026626 ↗, page 73 ↗:

     The author is not speaking now of actual love-makings, of intrigues and devilish villany, either perpetrated or imagined; but rather of those passing gusts of short-lived and unfounded suspicion to which, as to other accidents, very well-regulated families may occasionally be liable.

• French: souffle, coup de vent, bourrasque, rafale
• German: Bö
• Italian: folata, ventata, raffica, turbinio
• Portuguese: ventania, rabanada, rajada, lufada, lufa, pé de vento
• Russian: поры́в
• Spanish: ráfaga, racha

• Italian: folata, tùrbine, turbinio
• Russian: поры́в
• Spanish: ramalazo

gust (gusts, present participle gusting; past and past participle gusted)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To blow in gusts.

• Italian: turbinare

gust (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
2. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.

   • An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.

   • 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify ), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], OCLC 960856019 ↗:

   • 1942: ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn gust. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
3. Intellectual taste; fancy.

   • A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.

gust (gusts, present participle gusting; past and past participle gusted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To taste.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To have a relish for.

• disgust

1. Surname