hail
has definitions from the field of meteorology
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[ verb ] praise vociferously
Examples "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Prokofieff 's Classical_Symphony was hailed as an ingenious work from a naturally gifted and well trained musician still in his twenties . |
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[ noun ] (meteorology) precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)With the first reports , Russell 's horse wheeled to the right and ran towards the buildings while Cook , followed by a hail of bullets , raced towards the arroyo of Salyer_'s_Canyon immediately in_front_of him , just reaching it as his horse fell . Related terms |
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[ verb ] call for, as of cabs
Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)We talked after I hailed his Jeep marked with the U._N. flag . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9827
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[ verb ] precipitate as small ice particles
Examples "It hailed for an hour." Related terms |
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[ noun ] enthusiastic greeting
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