Storm Definition
- To captivate completely:
a new play that took New York City by storm.
- in a highly adept, enthusiastic, or spectacular fashion
the children's chorus danced up a storm
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Storm
Origin of Storm
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From Middle English storm, from Old English storm (“a storm, tempest; a storm of arrows; disturbance, disquiet; uproar, tumult; rush, onrush, attack, violent attack"), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around"). Cognate with Scots storm (“storm"), West Frisian stoarm (“storm"), Dutch storm (“storm"), Low German storm (“storm"), German Sturm (“storm"), Danish storm (“storm"), Swedish storm (“storm"), Icelandic stormur (“storm"). Related to stir.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English stormen, sturmen, from Old English styrman (“to storm, rage; make a great noise, cry aloud, shout"), from Proto-Germanic *sturmijanan (“to storm"). Cognate with Dutch stormen (“to storm; bluster"), Low German stormen (“to storm"), German stürmen (“to storm; rage; attack; assault"), Swedish storma (“to storm; bluster"), Icelandic storma (“to storm").
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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