to welcome with a hail of bullets

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• hail — hail1 [hāl] vt. [ME hailen, to salute, greet < hail, heil < ON heill, whole, sound, akin to OE hal (see HALE1, WHOLE): used as a salutation] 1. to welcome, greet, etc. with or as with cheers; acclaim 2. to name by way of tribute; salute as… …   English World dictionary

• hail — hail1 hailer, n. /hayl/, v.t. 1. to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome. 2. to acclaim; approve enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine. 3. to call out to in order to stop, attract attention,… …   Universalium

• hail — 01. I was woken up in the night by the sound of [hail] hitting the bedroom window. 02. [Hail] destroys hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crops and property each year. 03. [Hail] is not seasonal, so it can occur at any time of year. 04.… …   Grammatical examples in English

• hail — I. /heɪl / (say hayl) verb (t) 1. to salute or greet; welcome. 2. to salute or name as: to hail (someone as) victor. 3. to acclaim; to approve with enthusiasm. 4. to attract the attention of, by calling out, waving the hand, etc.: to hail a… …  

• hail — I [[t]heɪl[/t]] v. t. 1) to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome 2) to acclaim; approve enthusiastically 3) to call out to, as in order to stop or to attract the attention of: to hail a cab[/ex] 4) phv hail from, to have as one s place of birth or… …   From formal English to slang

• hail — heɪl n. small pellets of ice or frozen vapor; shower of small ice particles; shower of anything, barrage (especially of bullets); salutation, greeting v. rain down hail; pour down like hail, fall with force; salute, greet, welcome; call to from… …   English contemporary dictionary

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