gust

See also: Gust and gušt

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʌst/
  • Rhymes: -ʌst

Etymology 1

Apparently from Old Norse gustr, from Proto-Germanic *gustiz. However, the English word was not recorded before Shakespeare.

Noun

gust (plural gusts)

  1. a strong, abrupt rush of wind.
  2. any rush or outburst (of water, emotion etc.).
    • 1868, Anthony Trollope, He Knew He Was Right X
      It is to be feared that men in general do not regret as they should do any temporary ill-feeling, or irritating jealousy between husbands and wives, of which they themselves have been the cause. The author is not speaking now of actual love-makings, of intrigues and devilish villany, either perpetrated or imagined; but rather of those passing gusts of short-lived and unfounded suspicion to which, as to other accidents, very well-regulated families may occasionally be liable.
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Synonyms
  • (strong, abrupt rush of wind): windflaw
Translations

Verb

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

  1. (intransitive) To blow in gusts.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin gustus (“taste”). For the verb, compare Latin gustare, Italian gustare, Spanish gustar.

Noun

gust (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
  2. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.
    • Alexander Pope
      Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust.
    • 1942: ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn gust. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
  3. Intellectual taste; fancy.
    • Dryden
      A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.

Verb

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To taste.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To have a relish for.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gustus.

Noun

gust m (plural gusts or gustos)

  1. taste

Derived terms

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin gustus.

Noun

gust m (plural gusts)

  1. relish, zest, enjoyment
  2. taste

Synonyms

Derived terms

Icelandic

Noun

gust

  1. indefinite accusative singular of gustur

Polish

Etymology

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡust/
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Noun

gust m inan (diminutive guścik)

  1. taste, personal preference

Declension

Derived terms

  • gustować
  • gustowny

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Noun

gust n (plural gusturi)

  1. taste
Declension
Derived terms

See also

  • savoare

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin (mensis) augustus (through Vulgar Latin *agustus). Compare also Albanian gusht (“August”).

Alternative forms

Noun

gust m (uncountable)

  1. (popular/folk usage, rare) August
Synonyms
Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡûːst/

Adjective

gȗst (definite gȗstī, comparative gȕšćī, Cyrillic spelling гу̑ст)

  1. dense

Declension

positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gusti gusta gusto
genitive gustog(a) guste gustog(a)
dative gustom(u/e) gustoj gustom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 gusti
gustog(a)		 gustu gusto
vocative gusti gusta gusto
locative gustom(e/u) gustoj gustom(e/u)
instrumental gustim gustom gustim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gusti guste gusta
genitive gustih gustih gustih
dative gustim(a) gustim(a) gustim(a)
accusative guste guste gusta
vocative gusti guste gusta
locative gustim(a) gustim(a) gustim(a)
instrumental gustim(a) gustim(a) gustim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gušći gušća gušće
genitive gušćeg(a) gušće gušćeg(a)
dative gušćem(u) gušćoj gušćem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 gušći
gušćeg(a)		 gušću gušće
vocative gušći gušća gušće
locative gušćem(u) gušćoj gušćem(u)
instrumental gušćim gušćom gušćim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gušći gušće gušća
genitive gušćih gušćih gušćih
dative gušćim(a) gušćim(a) gušćim(a)
accusative gušće gušće gušća
vocative gušći gušće gušća
locative gušćim(a) gušćim(a) gušćim(a)
instrumental gušćim(a) gušćim(a) gušćim(a)

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Noun

gust m

  1. horror, horrible feeling upon witnessing something
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