hail
hayl
- n precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
- n many objects thrown forcefully through the air
a hail of pebbles
a hail of bullets - n enthusiastic greeting
- v praise vociferously
The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein - v be a native of
She hails from Kalamazoo - v call for
hail a cab - v greet enthusiastically or joyfully
- v precipitate as small ice particles
It hailed for an hour
- One hailstorm smashed 3,000,000 bushels of standing wheat in Nebraska; another destroyed $2,000,000 worth of tobacco in North Carolina.
- East Indian story-tellers spin yarns of hailstones as large as elephants.
- President Eduard Senes was saying hail and farewell last week.