Definition of chinooks Chinooks

/ʧɪnʊˈks/ - [chinuks] -

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What does chinooks mean?

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Noun Plural: chinooks
chinook - large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
		chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
		salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
		genus oncorhynchus, oncorhynchus Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon
chinook - a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
chinook - a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
		chinook wind, snow eater
chinook - pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
		chinook salmon, king salmon
		salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
chinook - a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
		Chinookan, Chinook

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chinook (Noun)
The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains . The chinook generally blows from the southwest, but its direction may be modified by topography. When it sets in after a spell of intense cold, the temperature may rise by 20–40°F in 15 minutes due to replacement of a cold air mass with a much warmer air mass in minutes.
chinook (Noun)
The chinook salmon .

chinook (n.)
One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.
chinook (n.)
A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory.
chinook (n.)
A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States.

chinook
chin-ōōk′, n. a trader's jargon, consisting of words from French and English, as well as Chinook and other Indian tongues

chinook
An artificial language or jargon originated by the Hudson Bay Company for communicating with different tribes of Indians. It consists of about a hundred words, some coined, some French, and some of Indian origin. It is still extensively used as a sort of court language by the different tribes along the Pacific coast, from California to Behrings Strait.

A chinook is a warm westerly wind that sometimes flows over Canada's Rocky Mountains in the winter. It can raise temperatures in southern Alberta by twenty or thirty degrees in an hour. A chinook is caused when air flowing off the Pacific Ocean is raised by the mountains and heated as the water vapor in the air condenses. Then it is warmed more as it flows down the other side of the mountains and is compressed. It flows out over the prairie, and may travel as far as the eastern border of Alberta if it is especially strong. The chinook is also called "snow eater", because it can melt snow so quickly.