Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brief sudden violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow.
- noun Informal A brief commotion.
- intransitive verb To blow strongly for a brief period.
- noun A loud, harsh cry.
- intransitive verb To scream or cry loudly and harshly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To blow a squall: used chieflyimpersonally: as, itsqualled terribly.
- noun A sudden and violent gust of wind, or a succession of such gusts, usually accompanied by rain, snow, or sleet. In a ship's log-book abbreviated q.
- noun Synonyms Gale, etc. See
wind . - noun A baby; pet; minx; girl: used vaguely, in endearment or reproach.
- To cry out; scream or cry violently, as a frightened woman or a child in anger or distress: used in contempt or dislike.
- To utter in a discordant, screaming tone.
- noun A harsh cry; a loud and discordant scream; a sound intermediate in character between a squawk and a squeal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A loud scream; a harsh cry.
- intransitive verb To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress.
- noun A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
- noun a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.
- noun a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
- noun a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
squall line , multicell line, or part of a squall line. - noun A sudden
storm , as found in a squall line. Often a nautical usage. - verb To
cry orwail loudly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
- verb make high-pitched, whiney noises
- verb blow in a squall
- verb utter a sudden loud cry
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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They are more dangerous than what we call a squall line.
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The wind shifted back and forth between southeast and northeast, and at midnight the Pyrenees was caught aback by a sharp squall from the southwest, from which point the wind continued to blow intermittently.
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It won't be long before that squall is drenching things.
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This "little squall" is far from being put to bed,
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This "little squall" is far from being put to bed,
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Guitar-based indie-rock holds the plurality, of course: retro shoegazer guitar squall from the Twilight Sad, British-flavored mope-rock — tinged with emo loquacity — from Voxtrot, the dazed slide-guitar lines of Beach House.
Pitchfork Music Festival: Amid the Eclecticism Something’s Missing - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
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Guitar-based indie-rock holds the plurality, of course: retro shoegazer guitar squall from the Twilight Sad, British-flavored mope-rock — tinged with emo loquacity — from Voxtrot, the dazed slide-guitar lines of Beach House.
Pitchfork Music Festival: Amid the Eclecticism Something’s Missing - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
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When you hear the word squall line, you can get some wind damage and probably some hail.
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But then the clouds thickened and a cold rain squall moved in.
USATODAY.com - After rain on France's parade, questions raised
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As he smoked he watched the abrupt misting of the stars by a rain - squall that made to windward or to where windward might vaguely be configured.
ofravens commented on the word squall
she treks in blood through sun and squall
from "The Queen's Complaint," Sylvia Plath
April 14, 2008