squall : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: squall	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for squall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squall n sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation v make high-pitched, whiney noises [syn: squall, waul, wawl] 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" Synonym(s): shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall blow in a squall; "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squall \Squall\, n. A loud scream; a harsh cry. There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, - The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squall \Squall\, n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqala to stream, to gush.] A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow. The gray skirts of a lifting squall. --Tennyson. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squall \Squall\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squalled}; 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.