spindrift

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: spin=drift

CIDE DICTIONARY

spindrift, n. 

 Same as Spoondrift.
"The ocean waves are broken up by wind, ultimately producing the storm wrack and spindrift of the tempest-tossed sea."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

spindrift, n. spray blown along the surface of the sea.

Etymology

Sc. var. of spoondrift f. spoon run before wind or sea + DRIFT

THESAURUS

spindrift

breakers, collar, foam, froth, head, lather, meringue, mousse, offscum, plash, puff, scud, scum, sea foam, shower, slosh, soapsuds, souffle, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, spoondrift, spray, sprinkle, spume, stinging, suds, surf, swash, white water

ROGET THESAURUS

spindrift

Bubble

N bubble; cloud, bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift, cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser, scud, messenger, rack, nimbus, cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus, cirrostratus, cumulostratus, cirrocumulus, mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky, curl cloud, frost smoke, thunderhead, nephelognosy, nephograph, nephology, effervescence, fermentation, bubbling, nebula, cloudliness, nebulosity, bubbling, frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux, frothy, up, cloudy, thunderheaded, vaporous, nebulous, overcast, the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened lands.