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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation;


VERB (3)

1. make high-pitched, whiney noises;
[syn: squall, waul, wawl]

2. utter a sudden loud cry;
- Example: "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"
- Example: "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
[syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall]

3. blow in a squall;
- Example: "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Squall \Squall\ (skw[add]l), n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqvala to stream, to gush.] A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow. [1913 Webster] The gray skirts of a lifting squall. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds. Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow. --Totten. White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Squall \Squall\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squalled (skw[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Squalling.] [Icel. skvala. Cf. Squeal.] To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Squall \Squall\, n. A loud scream; a harsh cry. [1913 Webster] There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

squall n 1: sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation v 1: make high-pitched, whiney noises [syn: squall, waul, wawl] 2: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall] 3: blow in a squall; "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails"