hail

IPA: hˈeɪɫ

(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.

(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.

Examples of "hail" in Sentences

The "hail" is Jehovah's wrathful visitation (Isa 30: 30; 28: 2, 17).
The term hail was a common mode of salutation to a king, or even to a friend.
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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.