Precipitation in pellets (4)

I believe the answer is:

hail

(Other definitions for hail that I've seen before include "volley" , "Greet enthusiastically" , "Call from a distance" , "Greet - precipitation" , "Fall of ice" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday and the Newsday.com.

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