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Webster 1913 Edition
Squall
Squall
(skwa̤l)
, Noun.
[Cf. Sw.
sqval
an impetuous running of water, sqval
regn a violent shower of rain, sqvala
to stream, to gush.] A sudden and 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.
Squall
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Squalled
(skwa̤ld)
; 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
Squall
,Noun.
A loud scream; a harsh cry.
There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, –
The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller
The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller
squall
. Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Squall
SQUALL
,Verb.
I.
SQUALL
,Noun.
1.
A loud scream; a harsh cry.2.
A sudden gust of violent wind.Definition 2024
squall
squall
English
Noun
squall (plural squalls)
- (meteorology) A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
- A sudden storm, as found in a squall line. Often a nautical usage.
Translations
squall line, multicell line or part of a squall line — see squall line
sudden storm, as found in a squall line
Verb
squall (third-person singular simple present squalls, present participle squalling, simple past and past participle squalled)
- To cry or wail loudly.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- Squalling was the word for it, Pew's anger rose so high at these objections; till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one.
- 1916, Jack London, The Red One:
- Squalling like an infuriated cat, the shadow crashed down
- 1998, Anne McCafferey, Masterharper of Pern:
- she wrapped the squalling, wriggling baby tightly into the fine cotton sheet
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
Translations
to cry or wail loudly