Squall — Defs

01 n. A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.

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A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
“The gray skirts of a lifting squall.” — Tennyson.

Phrases & compounds

Black squall — a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.

Thick squall — a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow.

White squall — a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds.

02 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.

imp. & p. p. Squalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Squalling

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To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.

03 n. A loud scream; a harsh cry.

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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.