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



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