downpour

Etymology

down- + pour

noun

  1. A heavy rain.
    They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.
    It started to downpour, so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought. 2002, Patricia Koretchuk, Chasing the comet: a Scottish-Canadian life - Page 211

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