Word

squall, v.
(squalled, squalling, squalls)
freq. cnt. 2

utter a sudden loud cry
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call cry holler hollo scream shout shout out squall yell

sample sentences

"she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"
"I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

call

also see

call out

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

screamer screaming scream

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

shout shouting

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

yell yell yelling

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cry cry

also see

cry out

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hollering holler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hollo

semantic pointers

verb group

call call out, cry, cry out, exclaim, shout, outcry

hypernym

utter, let out, let loose, emit

hyponym

hollo hurrah halloo whoop shriek, shrill, pipe, pipe up wail, roar, howl, ululate, yawl, yaup squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh, screech

make high-pitched, whiney noises
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squall waul wawl

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hypernym

wail, roar, howl, ululate, yawl, yaup

blow in a squall
<verb.weather>

squall

sample sentences

"When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails"

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derivationally related form

squall

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hypernym

blow