hail
noun
[ heɪl ]
• pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
• "rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof"
hail
verb
• hail falls.
• "it hailed so hard we had to stop"
Similar:
beat,
shower,
rain,
fall,
pour,
drop,
pelt,
pepper,
batter,
bombard,
volley,
assail,
• (of a large number of objects) fall or be hurled forcefully.
• "missiles and bombs hail down from the sky"
Origin:
Old English hagol, hægl (noun), hagalian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hagel and German Hagel .
hail
verb
• call out to (someone) to attract attention.
• "I hailed her in English"
Similar:
greet,
salute,
address,
halloo,
speak to,
call out to,
shout to,
say hello to,
initiate a discussion with,
talk to,
nod to,
wave to,
smile at,
signal to,
lift one's hat to,
acknowledge,
accost,
approach,
waylay,
stop,
catch,
collar,
buttonhole,
nobble,
Opposite:
say goodbye to,
• praise (someone or something) enthusiastically.
• "he has been hailed as the new James Dean"
Similar:
acclaim,
praise,
applaud,
commend,
rave about,
extol,
eulogize,
vaunt,
hymn,
lionize,
express approval of,
express admiration for,
pay tribute to,
speak highly of,
sing the praises of,
make much of,
glorify,
cheer,
salute,
exalt,
honour,
hurrah,
hurray,
toast,
welcome,
pay homage to,
big up,
ballyhoo,
cry up,
emblazon,
laud,
panegyrize,
• have one's home or origins in (a place).
• "they hail from Turkey"
Similar:
come from,
be from,
be a native of,
have been born in,
originate in,
have one's roots in,
be … (by birth),
live in,
have one's home in,
inhabit,
be an inhabitant of,
be settled in,
reside in,
be a resident of,
hail
exclamation
• expressing greeting or acclaim.
• "hail, Caesar!"
hail
noun
• a shout or call used to attract attention.
Similar:
greeting,
hello,
hallo,
halloo,
call,
cry,
shout,
salutation,
acknowledgement,
welcome,
salute,
Origin:
Middle English: from the obsolete adjective hail ‘healthy’ (occurring in greetings and toasts, such as wæs hæil : see wassail), from Old Norse heill, related to hale1 and whole.
