"Peas" or "golf balls" (4)

I believe the answer is:

hail

(Other definitions for hail that I've seen before include "Ice pellets - greeting" , "Greeting - falling stones" , "a drop of the hard stuff?" , "wintry weather" , "Welcome (icily?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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