spate
noun.
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a batch of letters|a deal of trouble|a lot of money|he made a mint on the stock market|see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos|it must have cost plenty|a slew of journalists|a wad of money
Synonym: passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, muckle, mountain, mint, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, wad
noun.
a sudden forceful flow
Synonym: rush, surge, upsurge
noun.
the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Synonym: freshet