Definition of hail

"hail" in the noun sense

1. hail

precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

2. hail

many objects thrown forcefully through the air

"a hail of pebbles"

"a hail of bullets"

3. hail

enthusiastic greeting

"hail" in the verb sense

1. acclaim, hail, herald

praise vociferously

"The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

2. hail, come

be a native of

"She hails from Kalamazoo"

3. hail

call for

"hail a cab"

4. hail, herald

greet enthusiastically or joyfully

5. hail

precipitate as small ice particles

"It hailed for an hour"

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Quotations for hail

Hail mildly, pleasing solitude.
Companion of the wise and good,
But from whose holy, piercing eye,
The herds of fools and villains fly;
Oh! how I love with thee to walk,
And listen to thy whispered talk,
Which innocence and truth imparts,
And meets the most obdurate hearts. [ Thomson ]

He skips like hail on a pack-saddle. [ Proverb ]

Hail! Independence, hail!
Heaven's next best gift,
To that of life and an immortal soul! [ Thomson ]

Farewell, happy fields,
Where joy forever dwells; hail, horrors! [ Milton ]

Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances. [ Sir Walter Scott ]

No pleader can pervail
Who prays against the laws of Time or Fate,
No matter how we murmur and bewail.
The robins will not build in winter hail
Nor lilacs bloom in February. Wait. [ Elizabeth Akers ]

Hail, blooming Youth!
May all your virtues with your years improve,
Till in consummate worth you shine the pride,
Of these our days, and succeeding times,
A bright example. [ Wm. Somerville ]

Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven first-born. [ Milton ]

One grain of pepper is worth a cart load of hail. [ Proverb ]

The poor man has his corn destroyed by hail every year. [ Proverb ]

We hail science as man's truest friend and noblest helper. [ Moses Harvey ]

Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause. [ Joseph Hopkinson ]

Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source of human offspring! [ Milton ]

Hail, Memory, hail! in thy exhaustless mine from age to age unnumbered treasures shine. [ Rogers ]

A storm at sea, a vine-wasting hail tempest, a disappointing farm, cause no anxiety to him who is content with enough. [ Horace ]

O gentle sleep! my welcome breath shall hail thee midst our mortal strife, who art the very thief of life, the very portraiture of death. [ Alonzo de Ledesma ]

hail in Scrabble®

The word hail is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

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hail in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of hail

2 letter words in hail (5 words)

3 letter words in hail (1 word)

4 letter words in hail (1 word)

hail + 1 blank (2 words)

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Words that end with hail (1 word)

Word Growth involving hail

Shorter words in hail

ai ail

ha

Longer words containing hail

hailed

hailing

hailproof

hails hailstone hailstoned

hails hailstone hailstones

hails hailstorm hailstorms