typhoon

noun

ty·​phoon tī-ˈfün 

1

: a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea

2

: whirlwind sense 2a

a typhoon of activity

Examples of typhoon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With the typhoon bringing the threat of heavy rains, flash floods, landslides, destructive winds and storm surge, more than 40,000 people have been evacuated from low-lying communities, the state-run VN Express reported. —Jade Walker, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025

The typhoon hit Vietnam’s coast with winds of up to 133 km/h (82 mph) and was moving inland as of Monday 4 p.m. local time (5 a.m. ET). —Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 25 Aug. 2025

And not through the typhoon that pulled away huge deck structures along the way to the port city of Nagasaki. —Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025

That extreme concentration turns every typhoon, shipping backlog or political flare-up into a global tech crisis. —Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

alteration (influenced by Chin — Guangdong — daaih-fùng, from daaih big + fùng wind) of earlier touffon, from Arabic ṭūfān hurricane, from Greek typhōn violent storm

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for typhoon

• attune
• baboon
• balloon
• bassoon
• buffoon
• cartoon
• cocoon
• festoon
• gaboon
• harpoon
• immune
• impugn

Kids Definition

typhoon

noun

ty·​phoon tī-ˈfün 

: a hurricane occurring in the region of the Philippines or the China Sea