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intransitive. To fall heavily or violently. Chiefly (now only) Scottish: (of rain, snow, hail, etc.) to fall very heavily or persistently; to pour or…
intransitive. Scottish. Of rain, snow, hail, etc.: to fall very heavily or persistently; to pour or beat down. Cf. to ding down 2 at phrasal verbs 1.