Might mean (unverified): Heavy, intense, and sudden rainfall.
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▸ verb:  Alternative form of rain cats and dogs [(impersonal, idiomatic) To rain very heavily.]

Similar:
squawl, RAIM, meou, argol-bargol, Gulley, ridiculise, wawl, miaowl, gnarr, miaoul, more...

Opposite:
clear, dry, sunny

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Similar:
squawl, RAIM, meou, argol-bargol, Gulley, ridiculise, wawl, miaowl, gnarr, miaoul, more...

Opposite:
clear, dry, sunny



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