hail

US /hel/

UK /heɪl/

B2

verb

  • To speak of something with admiration/excitement
  • To call out to (taxi) to get it to pick you up
  • To fly, fall together through the air
  • Used to say that hail is falling

noun

  • Small hard pieces of ice from rain storms

other

  • Frozen rain falling in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice.

other

  • (of frozen rain) fall as hail.

Examples

The hail melted once the sun came out.

Hail fell shortly after lunch.