What is the meaning of Hail?

Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.

A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.

To have hailstones fall from the sky.

To send or release hail.

To pour down in rapid succession.

Healthy, whole, safe.

To greet; give salutation to; salute.

To name; to designate; to call.

To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.

To indicate, from a designated stop or otherwise, to the driver of a public transport vehicle that one wishes to board and travel on the vehicle, usually using hand signals such as waving.

To signal in order to initiate communication with.

In the game of uppies and downies, to throw (the ball) repeatedly up and down at the goal location, in order to score a point.

(from) to originate (from), be native (to) or be based (in)

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

adessive singular of hai

h-prothesized form of ail

Alternative form of hayle (hail)

Alternative form of heil (healthy, sound)

Alternative form of heil (health, welfare)

hail

whole

free or recovered from disease, healthy, wholesome

free from injury, safe, sound, unhurt

whole, entire, complete, sound, unbroken, undamaged

the whole, the whole amount or number

to heal, cure

to drive the ball through the goal, etc.

goal, the shout when a goal is scored, the goal area

hail, hailstones

small shot, pellets

obstacle

h-prothesized form of ail (second)

Source: wiktionary.org