squall : Idioms & Phrases


Black squall

  • a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.
Webster 1913

line squall

  • noun a squall advancing along a front that forms a definite line
WordNet

squall line

  • noun a cold front along which squalls or thunderstorms are likely
WordNet

Thick squall

  • a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow. Totten.
Webster 1913

White squall

  • (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on the surface of the sea.
  • a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds.
Webster 1913