Cloudburst
[kloud-burst] /ˈklaʊdˌbɜrst/
noun
1.
a sudden and very heavy rainfall.
/ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst/
noun
1.
a heavy downpour
n.
also cloud-burst, 1817, American English, from cloud (n.) + burst (n.). Parallels German Wolkenbruch.
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