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hail   (TTS Sound)

The noun hail has 3 senses

• hail -- (precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents)


• hail -- (many objects thrown forcefully through the air; "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets")


• hail -- (enthusiastic greeting)

The verb hail has 5 senses

• acclaim, hail, herald -- (praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein")


• hail, come -- (be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo")


• hail -- (call for; "hail a cab")


• hail, herald -- (greet enthusiastically or joyfully)


• hail -- (precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour")