noun

pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.

rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof

frozen rain,hailstones,sleet,precipitation,hailstorm,hail shower

verb

hail falls.

it hailed so hard we had to stop

beat,shower,rain,fall,pour,drop,pelt,pepper,batter,bombard,volley,assail