Noun
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enthusiastic greeting
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many objects thrown forcefully through the air
"a hail of pebbles"
"a hail of bullets"
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precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
Verb
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precipitate as small ice particles
"It hailed for an hour"
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greet enthusiastically or joyfully
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call for
"hail a cab"
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be a native of
"She hails from Kalamazoo"
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praise vociferously
"The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"