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hail

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/heɪl/ English

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noun

  1. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

verb

  1. Of hail, to fall from the sky.“They say it's going to hail tomorrow.”
  2. To send or release hail.“The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.”
  3. To pour down in rapid succession.

verb

  1. To greet; give salutation to; salute.
  2. To name; to designate; to call.“He was hailed as a hero.”
  3. To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of“Hail a taxi.”
  4. To signal in order to initiate communication with.

adjective

  1. Healthy, whole, safe.

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