hail in English

noun

1

pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.

Estimates of the amount of rain and hail which fell on Tuesday ranged from 30 mm to 75 mm in 15 minutes.

2

a shout or call used to attract attention.

Include as many hails of derisive laughter in your answer as possible.

verb

1

hail falls.

it hailed so hard we had to stop

synonyms: beat, shower, rain, fall, pour, pelt, pepper, batter, bombard, assail

2

(of a large number of objects) fall or be hurled forcefully.

missiles and bombs hail down from the sky

3

call out to (someone) to attract attention.

the crew hailed a fishing boat

synonyms: call out to, shout to, address, greet, say hello to, salute

4

acclaim enthusiastically as being a specified thing.

he has been hailed as the new James Dean

synonyms: acclaim, praise, applaud, rave about, extol, eulogize, hymn, lionize, sing the praises of, make much of, glorify, cheer, salute, toast, ballyhoo, laud

5

have one's home or origins in (a place).

he hails from Pittsburgh

synonyms: come from, be from, be a native of, have one's roots in

exclamation

1

expressing greeting or acclaim.

hail, Caesar!

noun

1

a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia, on the pilgrimage route from Iraq to Mecca; population 267,000 (est. 2004).

noun

barrage, volley, shower, rain, torrent, burst, stream, storm, avalanche, onslaught, bombardment, cannonade, battery, blast, salvo, broadside

verb

call out to, flag down, acclaim, come from, beat, herald, come
call out to, shout to, address, greet, say hello to, salute
flag down, wave down, signal to
acclaim, praise, applaud, rave about, extol, eulogize, hymn, lionize, sing the praises of, make much of, glorify, cheer, salute, toast, ballyhoo, laud
come from, be from, be a native of, have one's roots in
beat, shower, rain, fall, pour, pelt, pepper, batter, bombard, assail
acclaim, herald
herald
come

Use "hail" in a sentence

1. Synonyms: Comradely; hail-fellow; hail-fellow-well-met

2. Hail HYDRA.

3. The National Weather Service reported “golf ball-sized hail,” then “softball-sized hail,” and finally “grapefruit-sized hail.”

4. Hail, Queen, mother of mercy, our life, sweetness and hope, hail.

5. What About Hail?

6. All hail Eragon

7. All hail Plankton.

8. Hail Alma Mater!

9. All hail Annie.

10. Hail, mighty Caesar!

11. Maybe that's just hail.

12. All hail to Paris!

13. Hail to the king!

14. All hail Fire King.

15. All hail King Beowulf

16. All hail King Beowulf.

17. Hail a taxi, please.

18. All hail first recon!

19. All hail the commandant

20. All hail Fire King

21. All hail King Arthur!

22. All hail the king.

23. All hail, Morpheus, eh?

24. All hail the system!

25. Hail the victorious dead.

26. I hail from Brighton.

27. 24 There was hail, and there was fire flashing in the midst of the hail.

28. They all hail from Kerala.

29. All hail the new Daleks!

30. Hail is a meteoric phenomenon.

31. Hail Christ, the Glorious King!

32. Shall we hail a taxi?

33. Hail fell shortly after lunch.

34. All together the Hail Mary.

35. Hail Mary, full of grace.

36. The band hail from Glasgow.

37. Hail to the mighty fecund earth.

38. We drove through hail and snow.

39. We got caught in the hail.

40. Ralph tried to hail a cab .

41. I hail from the hill country.

42. And where do you hail from?

43. Where does the ship hail from?

44. Hail to the Gods of America!

45. Hail to Freyr, Loki and Frigg.

46. Let's hail a taxi, shall we?

47. Hail Crow in his verdant kingdom.

48. " Hail to the Gods of America. "

49. Hail to Njord, Ran and Tyr.

50. All hail the mistress of information.