A surname.

(archaic or poetic) An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

(impersonal) Of hail, to fall from the sky. / (intransitive) To send or release hail. / To pour down in rapid succession.

(obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.

(transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute. / (transitive) To name; to designate; to call. / (transitive) To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.

(meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. / (meteorology, countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.

simple past tense and past participle of hail

present participle of hail

The act by which somebody is hailed.

plural of hailing