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BAWLING
wailing, bawling
(noun) loud cries made while weeping
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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