Gale

Noun

 * 1)  A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
 * 2) An outburst, especially of laughter.
 * a gale of laughter
 * 1)  A light breeze.

Coordinate terms

 * breeze, hurricane, storm

Noun

 * 1)  A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
 * Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due. Definition from 1913 Webster.
 * 1) A shrub, sweet gale (Myrica gale) growing on moors and fens.

Adjectives for Gale
treacherous; spicy; approaching; lurid; angry; shrieking; tearing; frantic; passing; sunrise; dreadful; furious; boisterous; merry; heavy; southern; viewless; favoring; odor-scented; cold; wet; carping; keel-compelling; sinking; coming; mocking; pleasant; heroic; terrific; strenuous; destroying; freshening; gracious; shadowy; rising; balmy; sighing; reveling.

Verbs for Gale
buck—; combat—; encounter—; —abates; —accelerates; —arises; —blusters; —carries away; —damages; —disperses; —fans; — fumes; —lashes; —rages; —rampages.

Thesaurus
air, black squall, blast, blaze, blizzard, blow, breeze, burst, convulsion, cooling breeze, cyclone, equinoctial, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, gentle wind, gust, half a gale, heavy blow, howl, hurricane, ill wind, irruption, light air, light breeze, light wind, line squall, line storm, moderate breeze, ocean breeze, onshore breeze, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, peal, roar, scream, sea breeze, seizure, shout, shriek, softblowing wind, spasm, squall, squall line, storm, storm wind, stormy winds, strong wind, tempest, tempestuous wind, thick squall, thundersquall, tornado, tropical cyclone, turbulence, typhoon, ugly wind, upheaval, violent blow, whirlwind, white squall, whole gale, williwaw, wind-shift line, windstorm, zephyr

Etymology 1
gal:, furious, mad, from gala:

Noun

 * Danish:
 * Finnish: myrskyinen tuuli, puhuri
 * French: coup de vent
 * Italian: folata, ventata, fortunale, burrasca, vento forte, brezza
 * Japanese: 強風


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: wichura
 * Portuguese: ventania
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:, pyrskähdys
 * Italian: esplosione, scoppio


 * Russian: взрыв

Noun

 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * Norwegian:
 * Swedish:


 * Telugu: ఈదురుగాలి (eedurugaali)

Anagrams

 * Gael

Noun

 * 1) eagerness

Etymology
Variant of galle.

Noun

 * 1) scabies; mange

Anagrams

 * égal, Gaël, gela

Noun
gale



Anagrams

 * gela, lega

Adjective
gale


 * 1) Plural of 

Verb

 * 1) to make a sound characteristic of a rooster; to crow