blat vs hail

blat

verb
  • To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt. 

  • To talk inconsiderately; blab. 

  • To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat. 

  • To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba. 

  • To make a senseless noise. 

noun
  • The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society). 

hail

verb
  • To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of. 

  • To signal in order to initiate communication with. 

  • To send or release hail. 

  • Of hail, to fall from the sky. 

  • To name; to designate; to call. 

  • To pour down in rapid succession. 

  • To indicate, from a designated stop or otherwise, to the driver of a public transport vehicle that one wishes to board and travel on the vehicle, usually using hand signals such as waving. 

  • To greet; give salutation to; salute. 

noun
  • An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm. 

  • A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects. 

  • Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. 

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