SQUALL

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

Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

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