| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  h l |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: hailed, hail·ing, hails
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1a. To salute or greet. b. To greet or acclaim enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the boxing champion. 2. To call out or yell in order to catch the attention of: hail a cabdriver. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To signal or call to a passing ship as a greeting or identification. | | NOUN: | 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. | | INTERJECTION: | Used to express a greeting or tribute. | | PHRASAL VERB: | hail from To come or originate from: She hails from Texas. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English heilen, from (wæs) hæil, (be) healthy. See wassail.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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