hail1 
(h
l) See the pronunciation key
NOUN:
hailed, hail·ing, hails
VERB:
intr.
tr.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English hægel, hagol
(h
l) See the pronunciation key NOUN:
- Precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) in diameter.
- Something that falls with the force and quantity of a shower of ice and hard snow: a hail of pebbles; a hail of criticism.
hailed, hail·ing, hails
VERB:
intr.
- To precipitate in pellets of ice and hard snow.
- To fall like hailstones: Condemnations hailed down on them.
tr.
- To pour (something) down or forth: They hailed insults at me.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English hægel, hagol
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