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Definition of hail noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hail

noun
/heɪl/ hail pronunciation American
 
1 [uncountable] small balls of ice that fall like rainWe drove through hail and snow.2 [singular] a hail of something a large number or amount of something that is aimed at someone in order to harm thema hail of arrows/bulletsa hail of abuse