black squall

[ blak skwawl ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of black squall¹

First recorded in 1820–25

Example Sentences

He saw a silent black squall which had eaten up already one-third of the sky.

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Keeping low in the water, they floated on down in the black squall of wind and rain which now came on them.

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All nature seems invigorated by this short battle of the elements and to be indebted to the bounty of the black squall.

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Behind that was wind, a summer gale, the black squall dreaded by the Siwashes.

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It was a new moon; and a heavy black squall gathering over the coast increased the profound darkness of the night.

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