hail

noun

  1. 1

    enthusiastic greeting

  2. 2

    many objects thrown forcefully through the air

    a hail of pebbles

    a hail of bullets

  3. 3

    precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

verb

  1. 1

    praise vociferously

    The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein

  2. 2

    greet enthusiastically or joyfully

  3. 3

    call for

    hail a cab

  4. 4

    be a native of

    She hails from Kalamazoo

  5. 5

    precipitate as small ice particles

    It hailed for an hour

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