1. Greet enthusiastically or joyfully
   "The crowd hailed the returning champions";
   - herald
    
2. Praise vociferously
   "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein";
   - acclaim, herald
    
3. Call for
   "hail a cab"
    
4. Be a native of
   "She hails from Kalamazoo";
   - come
    
5. Precipitate as small ice particles
   "It hailed for an hour"

1. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
   "The hail damaged crops and dented cars"
    
2. Enthusiastic greeting
   "The returning hero was met with hails of joy from the crowd"
    
3. Many objects thrown forcefully through the air
   "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets"

Sounds like: hairs, hahail

Derived forms: hails, hailing, hailed

Type of: applaud, article, begin, call, come down, downfall, fall, greet, greeting, object, physical object, precipitate, precipitation, recognise [Brit], recognize, salutation, send for, start

Encyclopedia: Hail, Mary!