rope tornado

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rope tornado

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From rope + tornado, from the thin, ropelike appearance of the funnel cloud.

noun rope tornadoes

A tornado that is much longer than it is wide, and often sinuous, often opposed to a wedge tornado.

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@misc{rope_tornado_2026,
  title = {rope tornado},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rope%20tornado},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}