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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskwɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squall.wav Forms: squalls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*squalen}} Middle English *squalen, {{der|en|non|skvala|t=to cry out}} Old Norse skvala (“to cry out”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|sv|skvala|t=to gush, pour down}} Swedish skvala (“to gush, pour down”), {{cog|no|skval|t=sudden rush of water}} Norwegian skval (“sudden rush of water”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} squall (plural squalls)
  1. (often nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line. Tags: often Categories (topical): Nautical, Vocalizations Translations (sudden storm, as found in a squall line): καταιγίς (kataigís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), шквал (škval) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tamborinada [feminine] (Catalan), 颮 /飑 (biāo) (Chinese Mandarin), húlava [feminine] (Czech), windstoot [masculine] (Dutch), burasko (Esperanto), kuuropuuska (Finnish), tuulenpuuska (english: gust of wind) (Finnish), ukkoskuuro (english: thunderstorm) (Finnish), grain [masculine] (French), შკვალი (šḳvali) (Georgian), ქარბუქი (karbuki) (Georgian), Böe [feminine] (German), Sturmböe [feminine] (German), ριπαίος άνεμος (ripaíos ánemos) (Greek), él [neuter] (Icelandic), sendalu (Indonesian), osóg [feminine] (Irish), burrasca [feminine] (Italian), bufera [masculine] (Italian), umaras [masculine] (Lithuanian), škvalas [masculine] (Lithuanian), rorohū (Maori), rōpu (Maori), māwake rangitahi (Maori), pōua (Maori), pōkākā (Maori), ayéhé néidíníyódí (Navajo), بورا (bora) (Ottoman Turkish), szkwał [masculine] (Polish), шквал (škval) [masculine] (Russian), bongs [masculine] (Samogitian), bongts [masculine] (Samogitian), tormenta [feminine] (Spanish), borrasca [feminine] (Spanish), kastby (Swedish), stormby (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-squall-en-noun-7L1Uv9OK Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 20 27 28 25 Categories (other): Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 39 46 7 8 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'sudden storm, as found in a squall line': 63 36 1
  2. (meteorology) A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line. Categories (topical): Meteorology, Vocalizations, Wind
    Sense id: en-squall-en-noun-PB3lhsae Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 20 27 28 25 Disambiguation of Wind: 29 61 3 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Samogitian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 54 2 6 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 38 49 5 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 54 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 53 2 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 54 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 30 42 15 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 46 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 47 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 47 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 37 48 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 35 49 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 49 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 50 5 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 32 45 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 52 5 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 38 50 5 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 34 47 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 34 46 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 34 47 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 38 53 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 34 46 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 34 46 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 33 46 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 35 49 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 35 48 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 39 46 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 32 43 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 44 11 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 51 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Samogitian translations: 34 46 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 38 52 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 34 47 9 9 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  3. A loud cry or wail. Categories (topical): Vocalizations
    Sense id: en-squall-en-noun-4ykN9CLc Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 20 27 28 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: black squall, rainsquall, snow squall, white squall

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskwɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squall.wav Forms: squalls [present, singular, third-person], squalling [participle, present], squalled [participle, past], squalled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*squalen}} Middle English *squalen, {{der|en|non|skvala|t=to cry out}} Old Norse skvala (“to cry out”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|sv|skvala|t=to gush, pour down}} Swedish skvala (“to gush, pour down”), {{cog|no|skval|t=sudden rush of water}} Norwegian skval (“sudden rush of water”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} squall (third-person singular simple present squalls, present participle squalling, simple past and past participle squalled)
  1. To cry or wail loudly. Categories (topical): Vocalizations Derived forms: squaller, squally Translations (to cry or wail loudly): пищя (pištja) (Bulgarian), рева (reva) (Bulgarian), krijsen (Dutch), schreeuwen (Dutch), rääkyä (Finnish), parkua (Finnish), hurler (French), brailler (French), gridare (Italian), urlare (Italian), strillare (Italian), schiamazzare (Italian), цимоли (cimoli) (Macedonian), цмиздри (cmizdri) (Macedonian), црка (crka) (Macedonian), piailli (Norman), вопить (vopitʹ) (Russian), визжа́ть (vizžátʹ) (Russian), chillar (Spanish), skråla (Swedish), skrika (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-squall-en-verb-wubAK~Zo Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 20 27 28 25

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
          "word": "tuulenpuuska"
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          "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
          "word": "ukkoskuuro"
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          "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
          "word": "შკვალი"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "brailler"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "gridare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "urlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "strillare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "schiamazzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "cimoli",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "цимоли"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "cmizdri",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "цмиздри"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "crka",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "црка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "piailli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vopitʹ",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "вопить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vizžátʹ",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "визжа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "chillar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "skråla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cry or wail loudly",
      "word": "skrika"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squall"
}

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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Navajo translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Samogitian translations",
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      "word": "black squall"
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    {
      "word": "rainsquall"
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      "word": "white squall"
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          "ref": "2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:",
          "text": "Luckily she wasn’t there any more, no one was, when he returned from the Caribbean carnival damp-hatted and soaked through after being caught unprepared by a squall of hard, hot rain.",
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        {
          "ref": "2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 10:57 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03:",
          "text": "With reports of the Japanese forces bearing down on them confirmed, Rear Admiral Sprague orders his ships east, heading towards a series of rain squalls, hoping for concealment. This will hopefully delay the Japanese closing the range, and also draw them away from the much-more-vulnerable landing ships.",
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        "(often nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line."
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          "meteorology"
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        [
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          "squall line"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(meteorology) A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line."
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        "natural-sciences"
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          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 34, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 163:",
          "text": "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 Turk’s head; and then, by a dexterous sleight, pitching his cap up into the mizentop for a shelf, he goes down rollicking so far at least as he remains visible from the deck, reversing all other processions, by bringing up the rear with music.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "The media present rising prices as a passing squall for the middle class, brought on by Vlad ’n’ Liz and resulting in spiking mortgage rates and fewer trips to Waitrose. But beneath those headlines are millions of others for whom the problem isn’t rising prices, but falling incomes.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈskwɔːl/"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "škval",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шквал"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tamborinada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biāo",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "颮 /飑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "húlava"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "windstoot"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "burasko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "kuuropuuska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "gust of wind",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "tuulenpuuska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "thunderstorm",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "ukkoskuuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grain"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šḳvali",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "შკვალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "karbuki",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "ქარბუქი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Böe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sturmböe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ripaíos ánemos",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "ριπαίος άνεμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataigís",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "καταιγίς"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "él"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "sendalu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burrasca"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bufera"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "umaras"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "škvalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "rorohū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "rōpu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "māwake rangitahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "pōua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "pōkākā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "ayéhé néidíníyódí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bora",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "بورا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szkwał"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "škval",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шквал"
    },
    {
      "code": "sgs",
      "lang": "Samogitian",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bongs"
    },
    {
      "code": "sgs",
      "lang": "Samogitian",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bongts"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tormenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "borrasca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "kastby"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sudden storm, as found in a squall line",
      "word": "stormby"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squall"
}

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