squall /ˈskwɔːl/noun 3verb 2forms 3 noun3 •A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.Luckily she wasn’t there any more, no one was, when he returned from the Caribbean carnival damp-hatted and soaked through after being caught unprepared by a squall of hard, hot rain. — 2001 •A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line. •A loud cry or wail. verb2 •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 •To fall suddenly and forcefully, as if a squall.[…] of squalling rain and a blustering westerly wind. — 2009 formssqualled · squalling · squalls
