Noun: torrent tor-unt or tó-runt [N. Amer], tó-runt [Brit]
- A heavy rainstorm
"The torrent caught hikers off guard";
- downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, pelter, soaker, gullywasher [US, informal]
- A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
"the houses were swept away in the torrent";
- violent stream
- An overwhelming number or amount
"a torrent of abuse";
- flood, inundation, deluge
- (computing) a file or set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network
"He downloaded the latest Linux distribution via a torrent"
Derived forms: torrents
Type of: batch, bunch [informal], current, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, rain, rainfall, scad [N. Amer, informal], sight, slew, spate, stack [informal], stream, tidy sum, wad
Encyclopedia: Torrent, Valencia