hail
balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
Other meanings
An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
Word history
From Old English "hæġl".
Where this comes from
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