noun
- sudden violent gusts of wind, often with rain or snow
Usage: meteorology
verb
- cries loudly and harshly
Usage: third person singular present
Examples
- The boat was tossed about by sudden squalls during the storm.
- Weather forecasters warned of dangerous squalls approaching the coast.
- Snow squalls reduced visibility on the highway to nearly zero.
- The baby squalls whenever she’s hungry or tired.
- He squalls in protest every time his parents try to put him to bed.
- The wind squalls grew stronger as the hurricane approached.
- The child squalls so loudly that the neighbors can hear him.