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hailing

/ˈheɪlɪŋ/

hailing is the present participle and gerund of hail.

Meaning of hail

Verb (1)

hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)

  1. (impersonal) To have hailstones fall from the sky.
    • They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
  2. (intransitive) To send or release hail.
    • The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.
  3. To pour down in rapid succession.

Verb (2)

hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)

  1. (transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute.
    • […] Farewel happy Fields / Where Joy for ever dwells: Hail horrours, hail / Infernal world, and thou profoundeſt Hell / Receive they new Poſſeſſor: […]1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (transitive) To name; to designate; to call.
    • Such a Son as all men hail'd me happy;1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 28
  3. (transitive) To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
    • Hail a taxi.

See all 18 meanings of hail

Noun

hailing (plural hailings)

  1. The act by which somebody is hailed.
    • There is an unending series of hailings, both direct and indirect, to which the reader responds or does not respond. Thus, although certain texts attempt to address themselves to the reader, she may be critical of them […]1995, Sara Mills, Feminist Stylistics Interface

Forms of hailing

pluralhailings

Phrases with hailing

Words that rhyme with hailing

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Questions about hailing

What does hailing mean?
Hailing means the act by which somebody is hailed.
What is hailing the present participle and gerund of?
Hailing is the present participle and gerund of hail.
What part of speech is hailing?
Hailing is a noun.
How do you pronounce hailing?
Hailing is pronounced /ˈheɪlɪŋ/.
What is the plural of hailing?
The plural of hailing is hailings.

Words near hailing in the dictionary

  1. hailfall
  2. hailfalls
  3. hailfellow
  4. hailfellows
  5. Hailie
  6. hailing
  7. hailing down
  8. hailing from
  9. hailings
  10. haill
  11. haillike

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