squall

[Squall]

A squall is a powerful, usually brief, burst of wind that usually brings rain or snow with it. When a snow squall blows across the mountain, skiers take a break in the ski lodge.

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A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.

Noun
sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation

Verb
utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn''t hear me"

Verb
make high-pitched, whiney noises

Verb
blow in a squall; "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails"


n.
A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.

v. i.
To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.

n.
A loud scream; a harsh cry.


Squall

Squall , n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqala to stream, to gush.] A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
The gray skirts of a lifting squall.
Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds. -- Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow. Totten. -- White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds. Totten.

Squall

Squall, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squalled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squalling.] [Icel. skvala. Cf. Squeal.] To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.

Squall

Squall, n. A loud scream; a harsh cry.
There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, - The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall.

A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.

To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.

A loud scream; a harsh cry.

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