Squally

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by gusts of wind.
  • adj. Informal Marked by commotion or disturbance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty.
  • adj. Producing or characteristic of loud wails.
  • adj. Interrupted by unproductive spots, as a field of turnips or grain.
  • adj. Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty.
  • adj. Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a field of turnips or grain.
  • adj. Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind: as, squally weather.
  • Threatening; ominous: as, things began to look squally.
  • Having unproductive spots interspersed throughout: said of a field of turnips or corn.
  • Badly woven: showing knots in the thread or irregularities in the weaving: said of a textile fabric.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by short periods of noisy commotion
  • adj. characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain
  • Equivalent
    unquiet    stormy   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gusty    uneven    faulty    intermittent    windy    squallish   
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