hail

noun

/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 alternatively from *ḱoḱló-, a reduplication of *ḱel- (“cold”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hail (“hail”), West Frisian heil (“hail”), Low German Hagel (“hail”), German Hagel (“hail”), Dutch and Swedish hagel (“hail”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Icelandic hagl (“hail”). Compare also Old Norse héla (“frost”). Doublet of haglaz, if the second etymology (“cold”) is correct. Root-cognates outside of Germanic include Ancient Greek κάχληξ (kákhlēx, “pebble”), or alternatively Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cool, cold”), possibly also Lithuanian šešėlis (“shade, shadow”), depending on the etymology.

derived from *kagʰlos✻ — “pebble”
inherited from *haglaz✻
inherited from *hagl✻
inherited from hæġl
inherited from hayle

Definitions

Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
An occurrence of this type of precipitation
An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
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1. 4
  To have hailstones fall from the sky.
  - They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
2. 5
  To send or release hail.
  - The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.
3. To pour down in rapid succession.
4. Healthy, whole, safe.
5. 8
  To greet
  To greet; give salutation to; salute.
  - […] Farewel happy Fields / Where Joy for ever dwells: Hail horrours, hail / Infernal world, and thou profoundeſt Hell / Receive they new Poſſeſſor: […]
6. 9
  To name
  To name; to designate; to call.
  - Such a Son as all men hail'd me happy;
  - He was hailed as a hero.
7. 10
  To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
  - Hail a taxi.
  - 'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket / And the other one is hailin' a taxi cab
8. To signal in order to initiate communication with.
9. In the game of uppies and downies, to throw (the ball) repeatedly up and down at the goal…
  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.
10. to originate (from), be native (to) or be based (in)
11. 14
  An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar…
  An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
  - Hail, brave friend.
  - Hail (Hail) / What's the matter with your head? Yeah / Hail (Hail) / What's the matter with your mind / And your sign and-a, oh-oh-oh / Hail (Hail) / Nothing the matter with your head, baby, find it / Come on and find it / Hail
12. A province of Saudi Arabia
13. A city in Hail, Saudi Arabia
14. A surname.

The neighborhood

neighborwassail

Derived

hailfall, haillike, hailproof, hail shaft, hailshot, hailstone, hail storm, hail sugar, haily, rail hail, hail down, drink hail, e-hail, hailable, hail and ride, hailer, hail-fellow, hail from, unhailed

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hail. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at hail. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at hail

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA