Haboob Definition

hə-bo͝ob
noun
A violent sandstorm, as in the Sudan or SW U.S.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Haboob

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Singular:
haboob
Plural:
haboobs

Origin of Haboob

  • Arabic هبوب (habūb, “strong wind”), from هب (hábba, “to blow, to rage”), from the root ه ب ب (h-b-b).

    From Wiktionary

  • Arabic habūb strong wind from habba to rush, blow hbb in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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