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▸ noun: (meteorology, countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
▸ noun: (countable, by extension) A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
▸ verb: (impersonal) For hailstones to fall from the sky.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To send or release hail.
▸ verb: To pour down in rapid succession.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.
▸ verb: (transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute.
▸ verb: (transitive) To name; to designate; to call.
▸ verb: (transitive) To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
▸ verb: (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.
▸ verb: (transitive) To signal in order to initiate communication with.
▸ verb: (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.
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
acclaim,
come,
herald,
hailstone,
hailfall,
hail storm,
hailstorm,
hailshot,
rail hail,
hail shaft,
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