squall
(noun) sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
(verb) utter a sudden loud cry; “she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle”; “I yelled to her from the window but she couldn’t hear me”
squall, waul, wawl
(verb) make high-pitched, whiney noises
squall
(verb) blow in a squall; “When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
squall (plural squalls)
(meteorology) A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
(often, nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.
A loud cry or wail.
squall (third-person singular simple present squalls, present participle squalling, simple past and past participle squalled)
To cry or wail loudly.
Source: Wiktionary
Squall, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqala to stream, to gush.]
Definition: A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow. The gray skirts of a lifting squall. Tennyson. Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.
– Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow. Totten.
– White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds. Totten.
Squall, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Squalling.] Etym: [Icel. skvala. Cf. Squeal.]
Definition: To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.
Squall, n.
Definition: A loud scream; a harsh cry. There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, -The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
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