hail

Meaning

Noun

1. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
2. An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
3. A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.

Verb

1. To have hailstones fall from the sky.
2. To send or release hail.
3. To pour down in rapid succession.

Adj

Healthy, whole, safe.

Verb

1. To greet; give salutation to; salute.
2. To name; to designate; to call.
3. To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
4. To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
5. To signal in order to initiate communication with.
6. In the game of uppies and downies, to throw (the ball) repeatedly up and down at the goal location, in order to score a point.

Intj

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Concepts

hail

hailstone

greet

salute

call

acclaim

applaud

welcome

hailstorm

sleet

herald

greeting

snow

hailstones

summon

yell

cheer

call out

salutation

hello

ice

shower

amen

shout

cry out

holler

pelt

come

invite

extol

praise

esteem

honor

respect

haul

lanky

shrill

appeal to

invoke

chilly chilly rain

clamour

cry

call someone loudly

accost

say hello

say hi

say hallo

freezing rain

pour forth

run down

spatter

proclaim

hail-stone

fall as hail

acclamation

cheering

huzza

bid

call on

dial

cast

dash

hurl

project

shy

throw

city

town

heil

ask in

beckon

call down

call in

call up

go under

induct

page

refer

send for

how-do-you-do

hullo

do the honors

present

recognise

recognize

tout

apotheose

apotheosise

apotheosize

backslap

celebrate

commend

ensky

eulogize

glorify

hymn

laud

rave

rhapsodise

rhapsodize

troll

so be it

torrent

wave

hurray

ambush

catch

flag down

hold up

intercept

waylay

rain

rejoice

Pronounced as (IPA)

/heɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English hayle, haile, hail, hawel, haghil, haȝel, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, hagol (“hail”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, of uncertain origin. Either from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”); or, from *ḱoḱló-, a reduplication of *ḱel- (“cold”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hail (“hail”), West Frisian heil (“hail”), Dutch hagel (“hail”), Low German Hagel (“hail”), German Hagel (“hail”), Danish hagl (“hail”), Swedish hagel (“hail”), Icelandic hagl (“hail”). Compare also Old Norse héla (“frost”). Doublet of haglaz.
Root-cognates outside of Germanic include Welsh caill (“testicle”), Breton kell (“testicle”), Lithuanian šešėlis (“shade, shadow”), Ancient Greek κάχληξ (kákhlēx, “pebble”), Albanian çakëll (“pebble”), Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cool, cold”).