gale
/ɡeɪl/ noun C2- A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale. · It's blowing a gale outside.· Many parts of the boat were damaged in the gale.
- An outburst, especially of laughter. · a gale of laughter
Plural gales
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“Jack has been lost overboard in gale off St.
Suddenly, amid all the hubbub of the gale, there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman.
It is my strong impression that I heard it, and yet, among the crash of the gale and the creaking of an old house, I may possibly have been deceived.”
‘Well, Penelon,’ said the captain, ‘what makes you shake your head?’ ‘Why,’ I says, ‘I still think you’ve got too much on.’ ‘I think you’re right,’ answered he, ‘we shall have a gale.’ ‘A gale?
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