rain squall

noun

variants or less commonly rainsquall

ˈrān-ˌskwȯl 

plural rain squalls also rainsqualls

: a sudden, brief, and intense storm of wind and rain : a squall accompanied by rain

The weather was almost bad enough to have pleased Omar; we bucketed up and down and to and fro in the rain squalls.

—Graham Greene

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rain squall

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale