hail

  1. Noun.  Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
  2. Verb.  (impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) to send or release hail.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) to greet.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) to praise enthusiastically.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
  7. Adjective.  (obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.

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