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bawl
[ bawl ]
verb (used with object)
- to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out:
to bawl one's dissatisfaction;
bawling his senseless ditties to the audience.
- to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker:
a peddler bawling his wares.
noun
- a loud shout; outcry.
- a period or spell of loud crying or weeping.
- Chiefly Midland and Western U.S. the noise made by a calf.
verb phrase
- Informal. to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously:
Your father will bawl you out when he sees this mess.
bawl
/ bɔːl /
verb
- intr to utter long loud cries, as from pain or frustration; wail
- to shout loudly, as in anger
noun
- a loud shout or cry
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Derived Forms
- ˈbawler, noun
- ˈbawling, noun
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Other Words From
- bawl·er noun
- out·bawl verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bawl1
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Example Sentences
In fact, she doesn't seem happy till she gets it and I suspect that if I missed it any morning she would bawl for it.
At first she wouldn't allow any one but me to milk her and would bawl if I attended to any of the other cows first.
They sometimes, on particular occasions, would sing or bawl out something like a rude tune; but we could not understand it.
We would jibe one another, laugh at a fellow to his chagrin, and when we were angry bawl each other out unmercifully.
Sharp and lively, I mean; not bawl, and answer over your back—most part impudence, and nothing else—and then out of hearing.
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