noun
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A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
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A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.
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A loud cry or wail.
verb
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To cry or wail loudly.
Examples of squall in a Sentence
We were sailing along quite happily in a good force 4 when we were hit by a squall.
Squall line 1840 with 5 mm hail turning to heavy snow.
The morning promised sunshine but dealt us a fierce squall of wind and rain just as we unpacked the minibus.
A few minutes more, and the little vessel was caught in a violent squall, and swept back into the cyclone.
He glanced to windward where the squall already whitened the near sea and heralded its coming with a singular and dismal sound.
Squall, the classic shy and aloof hero, is slowly lured out of his shell by Rinoa.
After the squall passed we soon had the topsail back up and then tried the staysail but it was too big for the conditions.
Two of his schooners were upset in a squall, with the loss of all hands, and he allowed two to be cut off by Yeo.
One of these steamers was lost in a squall during the passage down the river near el- `Irsi, but the other performed the voyage in safety and thus demonstrated the practicability of the downward navigation.
Finally on Mickle Fell I had a squall from hell with torrential rain and gale force winds.
And Seifer, Squall's long-time enemy seen in the opening cinema, what is his role?
Who is Laguna and why does Squall see visions of him?
Led by Squall Leonhart they discover Galbadia has fallen under the power of a mysterious Sorceress named Edea.
She has long hair and a charming round face you have to kiss... which Squall Leonhart gets to in the RPG game, Final Fantasy 8.
On the one occasion when Captain Dawson says he heard it himself, " the sound was like the swishing of a whip or the noise produced by a sharp squall of wind in the upper rigging of a ship, and as the aurora brightened and faded so did the sound which accompanied it."