hailing
Flagging a cab
Hailing means calling out to get someone's attention or to greet from a distance: She hailed a taxi, He hailed an old friend across the street.
To hail from somewhere is to originate there: She hails from Texas.
Hailing also describes things falling like hail—a storm of blows, bullets, or criticism: Arrows hailed down on the troops.
Vehicle for hire
- flaggingLosing vigor progressively
- wavingSweeping hand gesture
- curbsideAdjacent to the street
- uberSlang for extreme
ride · fare · pickup · street · whistle · yellow cab · dispatch · driver
Strongly felt purpose
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- pagingBroadcast summoning of someone
- contactingInitiating communication with
alerting · requesting · commanding · invoking · convening · broadcasting · announcing · shouting
Indicating origin or source
- nativeOriginating from a place
- bornBrought into life
- hometownOne's place of origin
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
ancestry · heritage · originating · coming from · raised · background · birthplace · homeland
Voicing admiration
- celebratingObserving with festivity
- laudingVoicing high esteem
- honoringRecognizing with respect
- extollingPraising with enthusiasm
cheering · applauding · proclaiming · crowning · toasting · recognizing · commending · saluting
Formal gesture of respect
- acknowledgingAccepting as true
- welcomingReceiving others warmly
- helloCommon spoken greeting
- waveOscillating motion through medium
nod · recognition · shout-out · namaste · salaam · cheering · addressing · acclaiming
cab
Vehicle for hire
uber · ride · fare · pickup · street · whistle · yellow cab · dispatch · driver · stand
calling
Strongly felt purpose
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- pagingBroadcast summoning of someone
contacting · alerting · requesting · commanding · invoking · convening · broadcasting · announcing · shouting · whistling
from
Indicating origin or source
roots · ancestry · heritage · originating · coming from · raised · background · birthplace · homeland
praising
Voicing admiration
- celebratingObserving with festivity
- laudingVoicing high esteem
- honoringRecognizing with respect
extolling · cheering · applauding · proclaiming · crowning · toasting · recognizing · commending · saluting · acknowledging
saluting
Formal gesture of respect
- acknowledgingAccepting as true
- welcomingReceiving others warmly
- helloCommon spoken greeting
wave · nod · recognition · shout-out · namaste · salaam · cheering · addressing · acclaiming
pelting
Striking repeatedly with projectiles
sleet · barrage · bombardment · downpour · battering · pounding · deluge · weather · damage · dents
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- gesturesgesture, hand gestures, applause, hand raise, tap on shoulder
- passenger behaviorboarding, exiting, sitting, standing, waiting
- praiselauding, compliments, laudation, accolades, great job
- rideshareUber, Lyft, rideshare, taxi, cab
- signalssignal, signals, signaling, sign, waved
hailingcriticizing
Voicing negative assessment
condemning · denouncing · ignoring · dismissing · disparaging
hailingdismissing
Removing from position
sending away · waving off · turning away · rebuffing · refusing
- hailing fromComing from a place
- ride hailingApp-based transport summoning
hail, exhale, inhale, hailed, hails, hailstorm, hailstone, hailstones, hailstorms