squall
skwawl
- n sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
- v make high-pitched, whiney noises
- v utter a sudden loud cry
- v blow in a squall
When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails
- Cable's gladiators are paunchy guys with beards hauling ass to fell a tree or outrace a squall.
- A black line-squall loomed in the northwest and lightning flared from cloud to cloud as United Airlines Cleveland-bound Flight 521, 44 passengers, four crew, trundled away from .
- Canada's high-flying socialist party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, last week hit a line squall: the provincial election in Saskatchewan.