Gales

Word GALES
Character 5
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Definitions and meanings of "Gales"

What do we mean by gales?

A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.

An outburst, especially of laughter.

A light breeze.

A song or story.

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The word "gales" in example sentences

It even causes the wind to back up and blow gales from the southwest. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At the long hitching rails under the oaks, where the dismounting party gathered, Paula was in gales of laughter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was about to suggest that extradition orders have more force when backed by 1000 nuclear ICBMS — but then I remembered Bill Clinton and Marc Rich and collapsed in gales of laughter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

During the journey he tells her of his experiences in gales and hurricanes and she tells him of the gossip of the island and of the Wekley farm up for sale soon, a farm adjoining his father's. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If you tried that at a convention of historians (or even semi-literate people), you'd bring down the house (in gales of laughter). ❋ Unknown (2007)

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