Quick definitions from WordNet (hail)

▸ noun:  enthusiastic greeting
▸ noun:  precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
▸ verb:  be a native of ("She hails from Kalamazoo")
▸ verb:  precipitate as small ice particles ("It hailed for an hour")
▸ verb:  greet enthusiastically or joyfully
▸ verb:  call for ("Hail a cab")
▸ verb:  praise vociferously ("The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein")
▸ name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #9827)

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▸ Also see hail