Waterspout
WordNet
noun
(1) A channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)
(2) A heavy rain
(3) A tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist
WiktionaryText
Noun
- a tornado that occurs over a body of water
- a channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof
Quotations
water tornado
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/mansfield/garden/bay.html
- Stanley turned over on his back and kicked with his legs till he was a living waterspout.