Found 2 items, similar to Squall.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: squall
squall
n : sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
v 1: make high-pitched, whiney noises [syn:
waul,
wawl]
2: 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” [syn:
shout,
shout out,
cry,
call,
yell,
scream,
holler,
hollo]
3: blow in a squall;
“When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs
his sails”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Squall
Squall
\Squall\ (skw[add]l), n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous
running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqvala
to stream, to gush.]
A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or
snow.
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The gray skirts of a lifting squall. --Tennyson.
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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.
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Squall
\Squall\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Squalled (skw[add]ld); 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.
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Squall
\Squall\, n.
A loud scream; a harsh cry.
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There oft are heard the notes of infant woe,
The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall.
--Pope.
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