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noun
- 1. a very strong wind: "it was almost blowing a gale"
- 2. a burst of sound, especially of laughter: "she collapsed into gales of laughter" Similar
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1. a. : a strong current of air: (1) : a wind from 32 to 63 miles per hour (about 51 to 102 kilometers per hour) (2) : fresh gale see Beaufort Scale Table. b. archaic : breeze. 2. : an emotional outburst. gales of laughter. Synonyms. agony. blaze. burst. ebullition. eruption. explosion. fit.
noun [ C ] us / ɡeɪl / Add to word list. a very strong wind. (Definition of gale from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun. a strong wind, specifically one of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour. often plural a loud outburst, esp of laughter. archaic. a gentle breeze. gale. 2. / ɡeɪl /.
If there’s a gale coming your way, you better hold onto your new hat and your little dog, Toto, too, because this is an extremely strong wind. The word gale possibly originates from the Old Norse word galinn, which means “mad”, “frantic,” or “bewitched.”.
GALE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of gale in English. gale. noun [ C ] us/ɡeɪl/uk/ɡeɪl/ Add to word listAdd to word list. a very strong wind: Hundreds of old trees were blown down in the gales. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Wind & winds. anemometer. blast. chinook. crosswind. cyclonic. easterly.
gale in British English. (ɡeɪl ) noun. 1. a strong wind, specifically one of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour. 2. (often plural) a loud outburst, esp of laughter. 3. archaic, poetic. a gentle breeze.
Definition of gale noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
GALE definition: a very strong wind. Learn more.
1. [ geyl ] show ipa. See synonyms for gale on Thesaurus.com. noun. a very strong wind. Meteorology. a wind of 32–63 miles per hour (14–28 meters per second). a noisy outburst: a gale of laughter filled the room. Archaic. a gentle breeze.
Full Definition of GALE. 1. a: a strong current of air: (1): a wind from 32 to 63 miles per hour (about 51 to 102 kilometers per hour) (2): fresh gale — see beaufort scale table barchaic: breeze. 2. : an emotional outburst <gales of laughter>. See gale defined for English-language learners.
