black squall

American  

[blak skwawl] / ˈblæk ˈskwɔl /

noun

Meteorology.

1. a squall accompanied by very dark clouds and usually heavy rain.

   Daylight all but vanished as the black squall raced across the lake toward our campsite.

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Etymology

Origin of black squall

First recorded in 1820–25

Example Sentences

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black squall

He called a quartermaster to open the flag locker to reply just as a great black squall struck the little barkentine.

From Time Magazine Archive

A heavy black squall coming on at this time, they all pushed for the land, otherwise I believe we might have prevailed on them to come alongside.

From An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by Hunter, John

So flies the spray in Adria When the black squall doth blow.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

We just swept up it like a black squall.

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford

Lanyard felt himself start almost uncontrollably: rage swept through him, storming brain and body, like a black squall over a hill-bound lake.

From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph