storm

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
storm/stɔːm/

▶noun

• 1 a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

• 2 a sudden violent display of strong feeling.

• 3 a direct assault by troops.

▶verb

• 1 move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction.

• 2 (of troops) suddenly attack and capture (a place).

• 3 shout angrily.

• 4 (it storms, it is storming, etc.) be stormy.

– phrases
go down a storm be enthusiastically received.
storm and stress another term for Sturm und Drang.
a storm in a teacup Brit. great anger or excitement about a trivial matter.
take something by storm

• 1 capture a place by a sudden and violent attack.

• 2 have great and rapid success.

—— up a storm chiefly N. Amer. perform the specified action with great enthusiasm and energy.

– derivatives
stormproof adjective.

– origin OE, of Gmc origin; prob. rel. to stir1.