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Gust   /gəst/   Listen
noun
Gust  n.  
1.
A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. "Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw."
2.
A sudden violent burst of passion.


Gust  n.  
1.
The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto. "An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite."
2.
Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment. "Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust."
3.
Intellectual taste; fancy. "A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients."


verb
Gust  v. t.  To taste; to have a relish for. (Obs.)





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"Gust" Quotes from Famous Books



... window-pane had been growing darker for some minutes. The morning had broken squally, with intervals of sunshine. A fierce gust came howling up the little river between its leaning houses and broke in rain upon the ...
— Nicky-Nan, Reservist • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)
... his sister's arm to his side, but answered nothing; and a violent passing gust of wind compelled him to ...
— The Home • Fredrika Bremer
... escape there came from the sea a sudden gust of wind that caught her by the skirts and drew her back, that set the branches tossing and swept the dead leaves racing about her ankles. And at the same instant from just above her head there beat upon the air a violent, joyous tattoo—a sound that was neither of ...
— The Red Cross Girl • Richard Harding Davis
... cause been considering and reflecting upon this life of mine so long, for I discern well enough that nobody will have gust to look upon ...
— Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
... enough of it, anyhow,' cried Dick, who, though not intending it before, now was carried away by a momentary gust of passion ...
— Lord Kilgobbin • Charles Lever


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