Squall \Squall\, n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqala to stream, to gush.]

A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.

The gray skirts of a lifting squall. --Tennyson.

Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.

Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow. --Totten.

White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds. --Totten.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Squall \Squall\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Squalling.]

[Icel. skvala. Cf. Squeal.]

To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Squall \Squall\, n. A loud scream; a harsh cry.

There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, - The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall. --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)