SQUALLS

Noun

squalls

plural of squall

Verb

squalls

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squall

Source: Wiktionary


SQUALL

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



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