Usually means: Sudden, brief bursts of wind.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word squally:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. squally: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. squally: Merriam-Webster
  3. squally: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. squally: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. squally: Collins English Dictionary
  6. squally: Vocabulary.com
  7. Squally, squally: Wordnik
  8. squally: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. squally: Wiktionary
  10. squally: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. squally: Dictionary.com
  12. Squally: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Squally: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. squally: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. squally: Rhymezone
  16. Squally: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. squally: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. SQUALLY: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  19. squally: FreeDictionary.org
  20. squally: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. squally: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squally: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squally: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. squally: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. squally: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See squallier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty.
adjective:  Producing or characteristic of loud wails.
adjective:  (UK, obsolete) Having unproductive wet spots due to poor drainage.
adjective:  (weaving, of cloth) Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty.

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