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squalling

squalling is the present participle and gerund of squall.

Meaning of squall

Verb

squall (third-person singular simple present squalls, present participle squalling, simple past and past participle squalled)

  1. To cry or wail loudly.
    • Sow ran and squall'd,
      While Jack he bawl'd,
      And Jill join'd in the choir,
      Dog Ball being near,
      Bit sow by the ear,
      And threw Jack into the mire.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 12
  2. To fall suddenly and forcefully, as if a squall.
    • […] rain squalled fretfully against the schoolhouse roof. Although it had stopped by the time the afternoon recess was due, Miss Willie decided that it was too cold and raw for the children to be out a full half hour, so she sent them[…]1994 September 1, Janice Holt Giles, Miss Willie, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 165

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Noun

squalling (countable and uncountable, plural squallings)

  1. The act of one who squalls; a crying or wailing.
    • But my attention was suddenly called from my own situation, by the most appalling shouts and squallings proceeding from the back of the carriage.1842, Blackwood's Magazine
    • “Cease thy squalling, thou shrew!”1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 88
    Synonyms:
    squallery

Synonyms of squalling

Forms of squalling

pluralsquallings

Questions about squalling

What does squalling mean?
Squalling means the act of one who squalls; a crying or wailing.
What is squalling the present participle and gerund of?
Squalling is the present participle and gerund of squall.
What part of speech is squalling?
Squalling is a noun.
What is the plural of squalling?
The plural of squalling is squallings.

Words near squalling in the dictionary

  1. squallers
  2. squallery
  3. squallier
  4. squalliest
  5. squalliness
  6. squalling
  7. squallings
  8. squallish
  9. squalls
  10. squally
  11. squalodelphinid

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