Squall

Definition: Squall

Squall

Noun

1. Sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation.

Verb

1. Make high-pitched, whiney noises.

2. Utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me".

3. Blow in a squall; "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "squall" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Geography

Public Administration

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Squall

Discord

Broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation; embroilment, embranglement, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work, scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance; (disorder); commotion; (agitation); bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair.

Violence

Turmoil; (disorder); ferment; (agitation); storm, tempest, rough weather; squall; (wind); earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm.

Wind

Windiness .Adjective: ventosity; rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather; dirty sky, mare's tail; thick squall, black squall, white squall.

Gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon; simoon, simoom; harmattan, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise, tramontane, levanter; capful of wind; fresh breeze, stiff breeze; keen blast; blizzard, barber, candelia, chinook, foehn, khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther.

Crosswords: Squall

I think you might've overdone it, Squall. (Kingdom Hearts; writing credit: Billy Gallo; Robert Gillings)

The Squall (1929)

White Squall (1996)

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Books

• Squall across the Atlantic; American Civil War prize cases and diplomacy (reference)

• Squall Line (reference)

• The Black Squall (reference)

• The Tea Squall (Great American Tall Tales, No 6) (reference)

• White Squall : The Last Voyage Of Albatross (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• White Squall (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Psalm and Squall (reference)

• Squall (reference)

• The Sacred Squall of Now (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A squall line threatens sailors. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Rainbow after a squall. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Norman Doppler radar display of wind velocities showing dissipating squall line. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Squall line as displayed on the Norman Doppler radar. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

"Struck by a squall. 'Off Cape Quod' ... Strait of Magellan, Nov. 23, 1854". Artwork, signed by "J.Y.T.". Credit: NAVY.

A squall off Cape Horn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "squall": Black squall ♦ line squall ♦ squall line ♦ squall out ♦ Thick squall ♦ white squall ♦ wind squall. Additional references.

Beginning with "squall": squall-smokes.

Albanian

shtrëngatë (storm, tempest, thunderstorm), shkulm ere (blast, blow, flaw, flurry, gust), klithmë (bell, cry, note, scream, screech, shoot, squeal, yowl), britmë (call, clamor, clamour, cry, ejaculation, howl, hue, note, outcry, scream, screech, shout, shouting, shriek, yell), bërtas (bawl, call, Caterwaul, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, holler, objurgate, scream, shout, shout at, shriek, vociferate, whoop, yell). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نزاع (contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, discordance, disputation, dispute, division, duel, embroilment, fray, odds, quarrel, question, row, spar, strife, struggle, tangle, variance, wont), ‏زعق (bawl, shriek, squawk), ‏عاصفة مفاجئة, ‏عاصفة ثلجية (blizzard), ‏صاح (bawl, call, call out, clear, crow, cry, holler, hoot, scream, shout, sing out, squawk, squeal, vociferate), ‏أطلق بنبرة صارخة, ‏شجار (affray, altercation, bicker, brawl, breeze, broil, controversy, fight, fracas, melee, miff, muss, quarrel, row, rowdiness, ruck, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shindy, slugfest, squabble, tiff). (various references)

Bulgarian 

снежна вихрушка (scurry of snow), рева (bark, bellow, blubber, cry, heehaw, hoot, pipe, roar, trumpet, yell), рев (bawl, bluster, cry, hoot, howl, rave, roan, roar, roaring, trumpet, yell), крещя (bawl, holler, hollo, hoot, scream, shout, shriek, vociferate, yell), внезапна буря, писък (cry, peep, scream, screech, shriek, squeak, squeal, yawl, yowl), пищя (pipe, ring, scream, shriek, shrill, skirl, yowl), изревавам (roar, yell). (various references)

Chinese 

急风. (various references)

Czech

přeháòka (shower, sprinkle), nápor vìtru, křik (call, clamor, clamour, outcry, shout, shriek, wail, yowl), bouřka (dust storm, storm, thunderstorm). (various references)

Danish

vindbyge (gust), kraftigt vindstød, kastevind. (various references)

Dutch

windvlaag (gust), windstoot (gust), windbui (white squall), vlaag (access, aggression, attack), rukwind. (various references)

Farsi 

توفانی شدن (Storm), توفان (Storm, Tornado), بوران (Sleet), بادبی سابقه وشدید, باد (Air, Blast, Gale, Whiff). (various references)

Finnish

tuulenpuuska (gust). (various references)

French

rafale, bourrasque. (various references)

German

schreien (bawl, Bray, call, call out, clamor, clamour, crow, cry, cry out, cry up, crying, honk, hoot, howl, moan, scream, scream out, screech, shout, shouting, shriek, squeal, to clamour, to scream, to screech, to squall, vociferate, wail, whoop, yell, yell out), Bö (blast, bump, gust). (various references)

Greek 

καταιγίδα (downfall, rainstorm, storm, tempest, thunderstorm). (various references)

Hebrew 

לצווח (screech, shriek), תזזית (perturbation), צריח�" (scream, shout, shriek, squeal, yelling), סופת פתע. (various references)

Hungarian

szélroham (blast, flaw, flurry, gust, gust of wind, white squall, wind squall), széllökés (blast, blow, flaw, flurry, gust, gust of wind, waft, wind gust), ordítás (bellow, heehaw, howl, roar, roaring, yawp, yell), szélvihar (gale, wind-storm), sikoltás (scream, screech, shriek, skirl), heves léglökés, görgővihar, fülsértő sikítás, fülsértő kiáltás, éles visítás, éles sikítás. (various references)

Italian

strillo (bawl, cry, scream, screech, shout, shriek, squeal), strillare (cry, scream, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, squawk, squeal), vento di groppo, raffica del vento, raffica (blast, blow, drift, flurry, gust, hailstorm, volley), groppo (knot), grido (bawl, call, cry, exclamation, hail, hollo, holloa, hoop, hoot, hue, outcry, scream, shout, whoop), gridare (bawl, call, clamour, cry, cry out, hoot, scream, screech, shout, shriek, storm, whoop, yell), burrasca (gale, gustiness, storm), bufera (storm). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

突風 (sudden gust), 疾風 (gale, hurricane). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しっぷう (gale, hurricane), スコール , とっぷう (sudden gust). (various references)

Korean 

진�'�. (various references)

Manx

screeaghey (hoot, scream, screeching, shriek, shrieking, ululate, yell, yelping), screeagh (hoot, scream, shriek, yell, yelp), glistyr (agitation, enema, haste, hurry), clabbiney, clabbin (bluster, bluster of wind, gust). (various references)

Pig Latin

allsquay

Portuguese

rajada (flaw, volley), borrasca (storm, tempest). (various references)

Romanian

strigãt (bawl, call, calling, cry, ejaculation, halloo, hoop, hoot, hue, outcry, roar, roaring, scream, shout, shriek, yell), striga (bark out, bawl, bellow, brawl, break, call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry cherries, cry out, ejaculate, hail, hallo, halloo, hollo, hoop, howl, page, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, shriek out, vociferate, yell), vijelie (hurricane, storm, tempest), urla (bluster, call, cry, hoot, howl, rage, rave, roar, set up a howl, wail, yell, yowl), rafalã (a burst of gun-fire, a fire of musketry, enfilade, flaw, flurry, gust, pelt), furtunã (agitation, blow, commotion, gale, hurricane, riot, storm, swell, tempest, thunder storm, thunderstorm, tumult), ceartã (altercation, Bicker, bobbery, brawl, breeze, broil, conflict, contention, controversy, discord, discussion, dispute, dissension, friction, jangle, loggerhead, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, squabble, Stour, strife, tussle, wrangle), ţipa (bawl, call, cry, honk, hoop, hoot, pipe, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, squeal, yell). (various references)

Russian 

сумятица (commotion, hurly burly, hurly-burly), шквал (tornado, williwaw), вихрь (curl, maelstrom, merry go round, reel, swirl, twirl, vortex, whirl, whirlwind), пищать (cheep, peep, pip, pipe, pule, squeak). (various references)

Scottish

piorradh (a squall). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udar vetra (gust), oluja (gale, storm, tempest, thunderstorm, windstorm), dreka (bawl, hue, rant, vociferation), drečati. (various references)

Spanish

racha (air blast, gust of wind, puff, streak), ráfaga (blast, burst, flurry, gust, scud, waft). (various references)

Swedish

vindstöt (blast, puff), skrika (call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, jay, roar, scream, screaming, shout, shriek, shrill, squeal, vociferate, whoop, yawp), skråla (bawl, cry out, scream, shout), kastby (flaw, flurry). (various references)

Thai

เสียงร้อง�"ังลั่น, พายุฝนที่เกิ�"ขึ้นอย่างกะทันหัน, พั�"กระหน่ำ (rage through), กรี�"ร้อง (shriek), ความโกลาหล (razzle-dazzle, riotousness). (various references)

Turkish

sağanak (down pour, downpour, drench, flurry, hail, heavy shower, rainfall, shower, soak, soaker, spate, spatter, torrent, waterspout), yaygara koparmak (clamor, clamour, cut up rough, fuss, make a fuss, make a noise), kasırga (cyclone, hurricane, storm, tornado, twister, typhoon, whirlwind), kargaşa (anarchism, anarchy, Babel, broil, chaos, coil, commotion, confusion, disarray, disorder, disturbance, earthquake, grab bag, hurly burly, moil, muss, pell mell, pellmell, rag bag, riot, rough and tumble, roughhouse, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shemozzle, snarl, sound and fury, storm, tailspin, tempest, tumult, turbulence, uproar, welter), feryat etmek (bellow, cry out, scream, shriek, ululate, wail), fırtına patlamak, fırtına çıkmak, fırtına (gale, gust, hurricane, snorter, storm, tempest), ciyak ciyak bağırmak, cırlamak (screech, squeak, squeal), bora (flurry, gale, gust, storm, tempest), avazı çıktığı kadar bağırmak (bawl, shout at the top of one's voice, shout out, shriek), ani ve şiddetli rüzgâr. (various references)

Ukrainian

репетувати (bawl, blare, halloo), шквал (flaw, flurry, gust, thud), горланити (yawp), зойк (clang, cry, exclamation, shriek, wail, whoop, yawl, yell). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự náo loạn đề phòng nguy hiểm, tiếng thét thất thanh sự kêu la. (various references)

vagi, vagientem. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "squall": squalled, squaller, squallers, squallier, squalliest, squalling, squalls, squally. (additional references)

Words ending with "squall": rainsquall. (additional references)

Words containing "squall": rainsqualls. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Squall" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sequal, seuill, Sgall, sqaul, sqaulo, sqeal, squaill, squal, squale, squalk, squalm, squawl, squel, squell, squil, squilt, squirl, squl. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: alls, sall, saul.

-3 letters: all, als, las, qua, sal, sau, suq.

-4 letters: al, as, la, us.

+1 letter: squalls, squally, squilla.

+2 letters: quillais, squalled, squaller, squillae, squillas.

+3 letters: quillaias, quillajas, quinellas, squalidly, squallers, squallier, squalling.

+4 letters: aquarelles, quadrilles, qualmishly, quesadilla, quillbacks, rainsquall, squalliest.

+5 letters: aquarellist, colloquials, maquillages, quarrellers, quesadillas, rainsqualls.