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Um, no. Hail is the frozen pellets. Sleet is the wintery icy mix. US.
Hail is larger and is created from strong winds tumbling and freezing layers onto ice in a storm. Sleet (either definition) and hail are quite different.
You're thinking of sheet. Sleet is the act of ejaculating onto something
You're thinking of skeet. Sleet is a type of minor roadway that leads to shops and apartments.
You're thinking of street. Sleet is a type of sport shooting involving clay targets.
Real talk tho, when little John released that song, I assumed skeet was an attempt at creating a past-tense verb out of the noun scat, and he was talking about having explosive diarrhea in a hotel room (potentially from questionable food while on tour?)
This is the first time in my life that I'm seeing Lil Jon's name spelt like that and it's throwing me off.
You're not familiar with the rapper Little Johnathan?
Diminutive Johnny, to his friends.
Miniature Johnston's song "Become Nadir" is an absolute banger!
Hail is precip that has been able to repeatedly rise and fall on air currents, building up in size. What they're referring to as sleet is essentially just crunchy snow in size and texture.
Sleet is usually kind of slushy. Hail can crack a windshield. I've never heard of the pellets as sleet.
Yeah. This is hail. 2018 Denver area, Colorado. When the conditions are right, I suspect the air currents swirl this against the mountain range until its heavy enough to get launched across the state.
I wouldn't call this sleet in any country as sleet just sounds too dainty.
Sleetstorm