Usually means: Precipitation of frozen ice pellets.
Definitions [Related words] [Phrases(New!) ] [Mentions] [Lyrics] [History] [Colors(New!) ]
We found 52 dictionaries that define the word hail:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. hail: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Ha'il, Hail, hail, hail, hail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hail, hail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hail: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hail: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hail, hail: Wordnik
  7. hail: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Hail, hail: Wiktionary
  9. hail: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hail: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hail: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Hail, hail: Dictionary.com
  13. hail (1), hail (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hail: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. HAIL, Ha'il, Hail (album), Hail (band), Hail (disambiguation), Hail (horse), Hail, Hail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Hail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. hail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. hail: Rhymezone
  19. hail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. hail: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Hail, Hail: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. hail: Free Dictionary
  23. hail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Hail, hail: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. hail: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. hail: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hail: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hail (meteorology), hail: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hail (meteorology), hail: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. baby names list (No longer online)
  3. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  5. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)
  6. HAIL: Acronym Finder
  7. hail: Idioms
  8. Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hail, Hail: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hail: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Hail: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. hail: Urban Dictionary

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Hail: Latitude Mexico
  6. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See hailed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
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:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gray,     silver,     white,     charcoal,     pearl,     platinum,     smoke



Word origin

Words similar to hail

Usage examples for hail

Idioms related to hail

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing hail

Popular nouns described by hail

Words that often appear near hail

Rhymes of hail

Invented words related to hail

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gray,     silver,     white,     charcoal,     pearl,     platinum,     smoke



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.



List phrases that spell out hail 




Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!