English Explanatory Dictionary

trashmover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fairly heavy winter storm.
  2. A very heavy downpour of rain.

Word forms

trashmover trashmovers trash-mover

Etymology

Etymology tree English trash Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mover English trashmover From trash + mover, implying that such a storm will move or shift refuse on the street.

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