~ 1
■ noun
1》 pellets of frozen rain falling in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
2》 a large number of things hurled forcefully through the air: a ~ of bullets.
■ verb ( it ~s , it is ~ing , etc.) ~ falls.
Origin
OE hagol , hægl (n.), hagalian (v.), of Gmc origin.
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~ 2
■ verb
1》 call out to (someone) to attract attention.
↘signal for (a taxi).
2》 acclaim enthusiastically as something: he has been ~ed as the new James Dean.
3》 ( ~ from ) have one's home or origins in.
■ exclamation archaic expressing greeting or acclaim.
■ noun a call to attract attention.
Phrases
within ~ dated within calling distance.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from the obs. adjective ~ 'healthy' (used in greetings and toasts), from ON heill , related to hale 1 and whole .