squall
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squall
- /ˈskwɔːl/
Rhymes with -ɔːl
Where it comes from
From Middle English *squalen and squelen (“to cry, scream, squall”), from Old Norse skvala (“to cry out”), probably ultimately imitative with influence from squeal and bawl.
Cognate with Swedish skvala (“to gush, pour down”), Norwegian skval (“sudden rush of water”). The noun is probably from the verb.
verb squalls · squalling · squalled
- To cry or wail loudly. Sow ran and squall'd, While Jack he bawl'd, And Jill join'd in the choir, Dog Ball being near, Bit sow by the ear, And threw Jack into the mire.
- To fall suddenly and forcefully, as if a squall. […] rain squalled fretfully against the schoolhouse roof. Although it had stopped by the time the afternoon recess was due, Miss Willie decided that it was too cold and raw for the children to be out a full half hour, so she sent them[…]
noun squalls
- A sudden, windy storm, such as is found in a squall line. Christian Bergh began shipbuilding in 1804 with the ship North America, of four hundred tons, built for the Atlantic trade, and the brig Gipsey, of three hundred tons, a very sharp vessel for those days. She was dismasted off the Cape of Good Hope upon her first voyage to Batavia, and afterwards fou
- A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
- A loud cry or wail. But the third Emir, now seeing himself all alone on the quarter-deck, seems to feel relieved from some curious restraint; for, tipping all sorts of knowing winks in all sorts of directions, and kicking off his shoes, he strikes into a sharp but noiseless squall of a hornpipe right over the Grand Tur
Translations
Talk about this word "squall." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/squall. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. squall. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/squall "squall." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/squall.Cite this
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