Definition of "gales" []

• Plural form of gale. (noun)

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• "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."
• "At the long hitching rails under the oaks, where the dismounting party gathered, Paula was in gales of laughter."
• "It even causes the wind to back up and blow gales from the southwest."