Definitions for torrent

torrent tor·rent

Spelling: [tawr-uh nt, tor-]
IPA: /ˈtɔr ənt, ˈtɒr-/

Torrent is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in torrent (enorrtt).

Definitions for torrent

noun

  1. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
  2. a rushing, violent, or abundant and unceasing stream of anything:
  3. a violent downpour of rain.
  4. a violent, tumultuous, or overwhelming flow:

adjective

  1. torrential.

Origin of torrent

1595-1605; Latin torrent- (stem of torrēns) seething, literally, burning, present participle of torrēre to burn, parch; see torrid, Examples for torrent

But are you voluble enough to drown all sense in a torrent of words?

Backup dancers materialize, sparking a torrent of eye-catching choreography.

And as usual, Dermer levels his accusations with a torrent of intellectual self-regard and little actual evidence.

The second cultural strain revealed itself in a torrent of abuse on Twitter and other forums.

The cascade of same-sex marriage rulings is now a torrent, each more quotable and image-ready than the last.

In response, Alexeyev unleashed a torrent of anti-Semitic abuse.

The Kavirondo, his eyes rolling, shot forth a torrent of language.

It all poured out of him in a torrent, his hand on my knee most of the time.

Let us rejoice that one such partisan was now at hand to stem the torrent of abuse.

After that, in a torrent, came Harriet's declaration of independence.

Word Value for torrent
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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