hailnoun
uk/heɪl/us/heɪl/C2 [ U ] small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain
a hail of sth
a lot of similar things or remarks, thrown or shouted at someone at the same time:
a hail of bullets
The prime minister was greeted with a hail of insults as she arrived at the university.
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- There will be widespread showers of rain, hail and sleet.
- Hail and snow are causing treacherous driving conditions, and motorists are warned to drive slowly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Precipitation: snow & ice
- crevasse
- drift
- freeze
- frost
- frosty
- glacial
- glaciation
- ground frost
- hailstorm
- hoarfrost
- ice cap
- Jack Frost
- moraine
- pack ice
- permafrost
- slushy
- snow line
- snowdrift
- snowfall
- snowflake
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Masses and large amounts of things
hailverb
uk/heɪl/us/heɪl/hail verb (CALL)
C2 [ T ] formal to call someone in order to attract their attention:
Shall we hail a taxi?
I tried to hail her from across the room.
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Shouting & screaming
- barracking
- bawl
- be in full cry idiom
- bellow
- burst
- burst out
- call (sth) out
- clamour
- cry out
- holler
- howl
- scream your head off idiom
- scream/shout blue murder idiom
- screech
- shout
- shouting
- shriek
- squawk
- squee
- thunder
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hail verb (ICE)
C2 [ I ] If it hails, small, hard balls of ice fall from the sky like rain.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Precipitation: snow & ice
- crevasse
- drift
- freeze
- frost
- frosty
- glacial
- glaciation
- ground frost
- hailstorm
- hoarfrost
- ice cap
- Jack Frost
- moraine
- pack ice
- permafrost
- slushy
- snow line
- snowdrift
- snowfall
- snowflake
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Idiom(s)
be within hailing distance of somewhere
Phrasal verb(s)
hail sb/sth as sth
hail from somewhere