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hails

UK/heɪlz/

hails is the plural of hail.

hails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hail.

Meaning of hail

Noun

hail (countable and uncountable, plural hails)

  1. (uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
  2. (countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
  3. (broadly, countable) A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
    • Their lack of good intelligence also meant that they vastly overestimated the size of their foes for far too long, hails of armor-piercing shells doing comparatively little damage compared to the high explosive that they should have been using.2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 40:01 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022
    Synonyms:
    downpouring

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Proper noun capitalized: Hails

Hails

  1. (plural) plural of Hail

Phrases with hails

Words that rhyme with hails

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Questions about hails

What is hails the plural of?
Hails is the plural of hail.
What part of speech is hails?
Hails is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hails?
Hails is pronounced /heɪlz/ (UK).

Words near hails in the dictionary

  1. hailings
  2. haill
  3. haillike
  4. Hailokhong
  5. hailproof
  6. hails
  7. hails down
  8. hails from
  9. hailshaft
  10. hailshafts
  11. Hailsham

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