hail

¹hail

noun

Definition of HAIL

1

a heavy fall of objects <a hail of small stones warned them of the oncoming avalanche>

Synonyms hail, shower, storm

Related Words barrage, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, fusillade, salvo, volley; flood, gush, rush, spate, torrent; eruption, outbreak, outburst

2

a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once <even under the hail of angry questions, the press secretary stayed cool>

Synonyms blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardment, cannonade, drumbeat, drumfire, flurry, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley

Related Words broadside, earful; avalanche, burst, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, discharge, engulfment, flood, flood tide, flush, gush, inundation, outburst, outflow, outpouring, overflow, rash, spate, surge, torrent; current, river, stream, tide; excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms dribble, drip, trickle