gale

gale

noun

Definition of GALE

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling <the audience responded to the comedian's joke with gales of laughter>

Synonyms agony, blaze, burst, ebullition, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, flare-up, flash, flush, gale, gush, gust, paroxysm, spasm, storm

Related Words blowup, grouch, rage, tantrum; ecstasy, rapture, transport; delirium, firestorm, frenzy, furor