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# squall

«squall» in Mova's school dictionary: **to cry out loudly and harshly, as in fright or anger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (squalls, squalled, squalling); noun (squalls)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To squall is to cry out loudly and harshly, as in fright or anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squall/#m1)

2) A squall is a sudden, strong gust of wind, often with rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squall/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales, an animal that shouts or screams loudly when it is hurt or cross

### examples

- The rabbit squalled out, as if he was mad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squall/#x1)
- Brer Bull-frog up and began to squall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squall/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «squall» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squall/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.