BAWL

bawl

(verb) cry loudly; “Don’t bawl in public!”

yawp, bawl

(verb) make a raucous noise

bawl, bellow

(verb) shout loudly and without restraint

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bawl (third-person singular simple present bawls, present participle bawling, simple past and past participle bawled)

(transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.

(intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.

Noun

bawl (plural bawls)

A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

Anagrams

• LBWA

Source: Wiktionary


Bawl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bawled (p. pr. & vb. n. Bawling.] Etym: [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. böla; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bull.]

1. To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.

2. To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.

Bawl, v. t.

Definition: To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.

Bawl, n.

Definition: A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

14 April 2025

FOCUS

(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

coffee icon