BAWLING

wailing, bawling

(noun) loud cries made while weeping

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

bawling

present participle of bawl

Noun

bawling (plural bawlings)

The act of one who bawls or shouts.

• E. F. Benson

Nobody could call Major Flint, with his bawlings and his sniffings, the least mysterious.

Source: Wiktionary

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BAWL

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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