Phrasal verbs hail someone/something as something hail from somewhere (Definition of hailing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

The meaning of HAIL is precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow. How to use hail in a sentence.

1. The act of greeting or acclaiming. 2. A shout made to catch someone's attention or to greet. 3. Hailing distance: told me to stay within hail.

to drop or pour down hail [usually in an impersonal construction] it is hailing verb transitive

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'Hailing' means to call out or attract the attention of someone or something, or precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice and snow.

Nov 27, 2025 · Noun [edit] hailing (plural hailings) The act by which somebody is hailed. quotations

Also, to hail someone is to greet them or say good things about them. Or it can be a way to tell people of your homeland, as in: "I hail from the Moon." If twenty third-graders all sent spit-balls …