hail (2) — OAT

hail2

noun

1 frequent heavy showers of rain and hail:

frozen rain, hailstones, sleet, precipitation;

hailstorm, hail shower.

2 a hail of bullets:

barrage, volley, shower, deluge, torrent, burst, stream, storm, flood, spate, rain, tide, avalanche, blaze, onslaught;

bombardment, cannonade, battery, blast, broadside, salvo.

verb

tons of dust hailed down on us:

beat, shower, rain, fall, pour, drop;

pelt, pepper, batter, bombard, volley, assail.