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bawl

[ bawl ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to cry or wail lustily.

    Synonyms: wail, bellow, roar, squall, yowl, howl



verb (used with object)

  1. to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out:

    to bawl one's dissatisfaction;

    bawling his senseless ditties to the audience.

  2. to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker:

    a peddler bawling his wares.

noun

  1. a loud shout; outcry.
  2. a period or spell of loud crying or weeping.
  3. Chiefly Midland and Western U.S. the noise made by a calf.

verb phrase

  1. Informal. to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously:

    Your father will bawl you out when he sees this mess.

bawl

/ bɔːl /

verb

  1. intr to utter long loud cries, as from pain or frustration; wail
  2. to shout loudly, as in anger
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a loud shout or cry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

Origin of bawl1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin baulāre “to bark,” from Germanic; compare Old Norse baula “to low,” baula “cow,” perhaps a conflation of belja ( bell 2 ) with an unrecorded old root bhu-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bawl1

C15: probably from Icelandic baula to low; related to Medieval Latin baulāre to bark, Swedish böla to low; all of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

That night, Faris saw a woman near her bawl and wide-eyed grown-ups run.

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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