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hail

noun
  1. enthusiastic greeting
  2. many objects thrown forcefully through the air
    “a hail of pebbles”
  3. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
verb
  1. praise vociferously
    “The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”
    acclaim
  2. greet enthusiastically or joyfully
    herald
  3. call for
    “hail a cab”
  4. to be a native of
    “They hail from Kalamazoo.”
    come
  5. precipitate as small ice particles
    “It hailed for an hour”