bawl

[ bawl ]

/ bɔl /

verb (used without object)

to cry or wail lustily.

verb (used with object)

to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out: to bawl one's dissatisfaction; bawling his senseless ditties to the audience.

to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker: a peddler bawling his wares.

noun

a loud shout; outcry.

a period or spell of loud crying or weeping.

Chiefly Midland and Western U.S. the noise made by a calf.

Verb Phrases

bawl out, Informal. to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously: Your father will bawl you out when he sees this mess.

Origin of bawl

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin baulāre to bark < Germanic; compare Old Norse baula to low, baula cow, perhaps a conflation of belja (see bell²) with an old root *bhu-

SYNONYMS FOR bawl

1 howl, yowl, squall, roar, bellow.

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OTHER WORDS FROM bawl

bawl·er, noun out·bawl, verb (used with object)

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bawl

bald balled bawled ball bawl bowl

Words nearby bawl

bawcock, bawd, bawdry, bawdy, bawdyhouse, bawl, bawl out, bawn, bawneen, bax, baxter

Example sentences from the Web for bawling

Lugging her trophy, the bawling girl wobbled down the ramp into the arms of her beaming family and boyfriend.

‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas |Edwin Shrake |February 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“She called me bawling her eyes out,” said Laughlin in a recent interview.

Phil Spector’s Unlikely Defender |Christine Pelisek |November 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
As she spoke, small yelps filled the room: It was Jackson, bawling— howling—into his linen napkin.

My Surreal Night With Michael Jackson |Abby Ellin |July 6, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Even the bawling didn't daunt me, and I adored you when you resembled a squab.

Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man |Marie Conway Oemler

A pox o your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!

The Tempest |William Shakespeare
Meself does not know what it is about; but they are hallooing and bawling fit to kill themselves.

With Moore at Corunna |G. A. Henty
"Death o' Kroojer," one of them was bawling one day, before the ex-President's oblivion.

Highways and Byways in London |Mrs. E. T. Cook.
Rude people press upon her; loud, bawling creditors; wretches, who know no pity.

The Gamester (1753) |Edward Moore

British Dictionary definitions for bawling

bawl

/ (bɔːl) /

verb

(intr) to utter long loud cries, as from pain or frustration; wail

to shout loudly, as in anger

noun

a loud shout or cry

Derived forms of bawl

bawler, noun bawling, noun

Word Origin for bawl

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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verb (used with object)

noun

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