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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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noun [ C ] us / ɡeɪl / Add to word list. a very strong wind. (Definition of gale from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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.
1. [ geyl ] Phonetic (Standard) IPA. 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. Synonyms: gust, fit, outbreak, eruption, burst. Archaic. a gentle breeze. gale. 2. [ geyl ] Phonetic (Standard) IPA. noun. sweet gale. Gale. 3. [ geyl ]
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 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.
GALE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of gale in English. gale. noun [ C ] us / ɡeɪl / uk / ɡeɪl / Add 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. jet stream.
1. (Physical Geography) 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. [C16: of unknown origin] gale. ( ɡeɪl) n. (Plants) short for sweet gale.
Definition of gale noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Middle English gale (“a wind, breeze”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Icelandic gola (“a breeze”), Danish gal (“furious, mad”), both from Old Norse gala (“to sing”).
GALE definition: a very strong wind. Learn more.
