Spindrift
[SPIN-drihft]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Scots, 17th century
1.
Spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind.
2.
Driving snow or sand.
Examples of Spindrift in a sentence
"The wind was so strong that our canoe was splashed with spindrift from the huge waves."
"The blizzard blasted spindrift into my eyes from all angles."
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