- 1. n. A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. A loud scream; a harsh cry. Source: opted
- 4. n. sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation Source: wordnet
- 5. v. make high-pitched, whiney noises Source: wordnet
- 6. v. utter a sudden loud cry Source: wordnet
- 7. v. blow in a squall Source: wordnet
- 8. A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow. The gray skirts of a lifting squall. Tennyson. 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. 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. There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, -The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall. Pope. Source: webster
- 9. A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.The gray skirts of a lifting squall. Tennyson.Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.-- Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, orsnow. Totten.-- White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without beingmarked in its approach by the clouds. Totten. Source: adambom
- 10. v:23/n:77 n. sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation v. make high-pitched, whiney noises v. blow in a squall Source: ecdict
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