hail
IPA: hˈeɪɫ
noun
- (meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
- (meteorology, countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
- (countable, by extension) A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
- A surname.
verb
- (impersonal) For hailstones to fall from the sky.
- (intransitive) To send or release hail.
- To pour down in rapid succession.
- (transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute.
- (transitive) To name; to designate; to call.
- (transitive) To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
- (transitive, by extension, UK, Australia) To indicate, from a designated stop or otherwise, to the driver of a public transport vehicle that one wishes to board and travel on the vehicle, usually using hand signals such as waving.
- (transitive) To signal in order to initiate communication with.
- (transitive) In the game of uppies and downies, to throw (the ball) repeatedly up and down at the goal location, in order to score a point.
adjective
- (obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.
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Examples of "hail" in Sentences
- The Enterprise hails the vessel.
- The hail of fire strikes the seas.
- The inset shows the original hail.
- The roar of the hail was unbelievable
- A jubilant crowd hails the arrival of Severo.
- The ceiling collapsed under the weight of hail.
- Furthermore, the stealth system is integrated to Hail Buster.
- This concept is repeated in the recount of the Plague of Hail.
- He controls the clouds, the winds, the hail, and the mountains.
- The "hail" is Jehovah's wrathful visitation (Isa 30: 30; 28: 2, 17).
- The storm caused a few bursts of pea sized hail and gusty winds at times.
- The term hail was a common mode of salutation to a king, or even to a friend.
- Next Post I've never been prouder to hail from the 708 area code than I am today
- The second is thematic, the third is what I call a hail Mary choice, and the fourth is what I call a comfort choice.
- That's when Craig Johnson sought what he called a "hail Mary" civil commitment hearing, seeking to keep Johnson off the streets.
- After marching for an hour toward the city center, they encountered what he described as a hail of gunfire volleyed by Gaddafi forces into the crowd.
- After marching for an hour toward the city center, they encountered what he described as a hail of gunfire directed by Gaddafi forces into the crowd.
- He's used his national recruiting connections to create geographic diversity — the five players expected to make their commitment official on signing day each hail from a different state.