squall's Usage Examples:

"This was apparently one long improvised " avant rock " piece, featuring much squalling of feedback.

The bora (north-east wind), and the prevalence of sudden squalls from this quarter or the south-east, are dangers to navigation in winter.

Finally on Mickle Fell I had a squall from hell with torrential rain and gale force winds.

Tempests and squalls are frequent, and the weather is rarely calm.

With its thick, squalling guitar it sounds more like a précis of the full version that we know and love.

We were sailing along quite happily in a good force 4 when we were hit by a squall.

Most rain falls between November and May, and at this season the torrents are tremendous while they last, and squalls of wind are frequent and violent, almost invariably preceding a downpour.

squall line 1840 with 5 mm hail turning to heavy snow.

They had a rough passage with strong squalls which damaged some of the sails.

squalls of heavy rain.

He glanced to windward where the squall already whitened the near sea and heralded its coming with a singular and dismal sound.

After the squall passed we soon had the topsail back up and then tried the staysail but it was too big for the conditions.

squalling of feedback.

Synonyms:

call, shriek, skreigh, squawk, yaup, ululate, utter, wail, let out, screech, call out, holler, shrill, scream, roar, emit, cry, hurrah, cry out, pipe, shout out, hollo, shout, let loose, whoop, exclaim, yell, yawl, screak, howl, outcry, skreak, pipe up, halloo,

Antonyms:

cheer, beseeching, colorless, low, absorb,