squall

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A brief sudden violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow.
• noun Informal A brief commotion.
• intransitive verb To blow strongly for a brief period.
• noun A loud, harsh cry.
• intransitive verb To scream or cry loudly and harshly.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To blow a squall: used chieflyimpersonally: as, itsqualled terribly.
• noun A sudden and violent gust of wind, or a succession of such gusts, usually accompanied by rain, snow, or sleet. In a ship's log-book abbreviated q.
• noun Synonyms Gale, etc. See wind.
• noun A baby; pet; minx; girl: used vaguely, in endearment or reproach.
• To cry out; scream or cry violently, as a frightened woman or a child in anger or distress: used in contempt or dislike.
• To utter in a discordant, screaming tone.
• noun A harsh cry; a loud and discordant scream; a sound intermediate in character between a squawk and a squeal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A loud scream; a harsh cry.
• intransitive verb To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress.
• noun A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
• noun a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.
• noun a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
• noun a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line.
• noun A sudden storm, as found in a squall line. Often a nautical usage.
• verb To cry or wail loudly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
• verb make high-pitched, whiney noises
• verb blow in a squall
• verb utter a sudden loud cry