The Clue
"___ to thee, blithe spirit!": Shelley (4 letter answer)
The Answer
HAIL
Tags
Notes
The answer HAIL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Acclaim
Applaud
Ave!
"___ Caesar!"
"___, Caesar!"
"___ to the Chief"
Come (from)
Extol
Greet
Huzzah
Salute
Welcome
Approve enthusiastically
Call, as a taxi
Cry, in a way
Farewell's friend
Flag down
Greeting for Clinton
Hard rain?
"Huzzah!," e.g.
Icy pellets
Rain hard?
Relative of rain
Salute with enthusiasm
Seek a taxi
Stones from the sky
Stony weather
Stormy greeting?
Thunderstorm pellets
___ as big as golf balls
___ fellow (genial person)
Flag down a cab
It falls hard
It comes down hard
When repeated, exuberant cry
Definition
HAIL as a noun:
1. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
2. enthusiastic greeting
HAIL as a verb:
1. (acclaim, hail, herald) = praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
2. (hail, come) = be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"
3. call for; "hail a cab"
4. (hail, herald) = greet enthusiastically or joyfully
5. precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"