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hail
noun
verb
Enthusiastic greeting
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noun
Enthusiastic greeting
noun
Many objects thrown forcefully through the air
“A hail of pebbles”
noun
Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
verb
Praise vociferously
“The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”
verb
Greet enthusiastically or joyfully
verb
Call for
“Hail a cab”
verb
Be a native of
“She hails from Kalamazoo”
verb
Precipitate as small ice particles
“It hailed for an hour”
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A hail of pebbles
A hail of bullets
The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein
Hail a cab
She hails from Kalamazoo
It hailed for an hour
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