bawl

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bawl

to cry or wail; a loud shout, outcry; scold: Your mom will bawl you out for being late.

Not to be confused with:

ball – a round body, as a baseball, tennis ball, etc.; a game played with a ball; a dance: after the ball was over

bawl

(bôl)

v. bawled, bawl·ing, bawls

v.intr.

1. To cry or sob loudly; wail. See Synonyms at cry.

2. To cry out loudly and vehemently; shout.

v.tr.

To utter in a loud, vehement voice. See Synonyms at yell.

A loud, bellowing cry; a wail.

Phrasal Verb:

bawl out Informal

To reprimand loudly or harshly.

[Middle English bawlen, to bark, from Medieval Latin baulāre, to bark (probably of Scandinavian origin) or from Old Norse baula, to low (of imitative origin).]

bawl′er n.

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bawl

(bɔːl)

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

2. to shout loudly, as in anger

a loud shout or cry

[C15: probably from Icelandic baula to low; related to Medieval Latin baulāre to bark, Swedish böla to low; all of imitative origin]

ˈbawler n

ˈbawling n

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bawl

(bɔl)
v.i.

1. to cry or wail lustily.

2. to cry out; shout.

v.t.

3. to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out.

4. to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker.

5. bawl out, Informal. to scold vigorously.

6. a loud shout; outcry.

7. a period or spell of loud crying or weeping.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin baulāre to bark < Germanic]

bawl′er, n.

bawl

Past participle: bawled
Gerund: bawling

Imperative
bawl
bawl

Present
I bawl
you bawl
he/she/it bawls
we bawl
you bawl
they bawl

Preterite
I bawled
you bawled
he/she/it bawled
we bawled
you bawled
they bawled

Present Continuous
I am bawling
you are bawling
he/she/it is bawling
we are bawling
you are bawling
they are bawling

Present Perfect
I have bawled
you have bawled
he/she/it has bawled
we have bawled
you have bawled
they have bawled

Past Continuous
I was bawling
you were bawling
he/she/it was bawling
we were bawling
you were bawling
they were bawling

Past Perfect
I had bawled
you had bawled
he/she/it had bawled
we had bawled
you had bawled
they had bawled

Future
I will bawl
you will bawl
he/she/it will bawl
we will bawl
you will bawl
they will bawl

Future Perfect
I will have bawled
you will have bawled
he/she/it will have bawled
we will have bawled
you will have bawled
they will have bawled

Future Continuous
I will be bawling
you will be bawling
he/she/it will be bawling
we will be bawling
you will be bawling
they will be bawling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bawling
you have been bawling
he/she/it has been bawling
we have been bawling
you have been bawling
they have been bawling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bawling
you will have been bawling
he/she/it will have been bawling
we will have been bawling
you will have been bawling
they will have been bawling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bawling
you had been bawling
he/she/it had been bawling
we had been bawling
you had been bawling
they had been bawling

Conditional
I would bawl
you would bawl
he/she/it would bawl
we would bawl
you would bawl
they would bawl

Past Conditional
I would have bawled
you would have bawled
he/she/it would have bawled
we would have bawled
you would have bawled
they would have bawled

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Verb	1.	bawl - shout loudly and without restraint bellow shout - utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking); "My grandmother is hard of hearing--you'll have to shout"
	2.	bawl - make a raucous noise yawp roar, howl - make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute"
	3.	bawl - cry loudly; "Don't bawl in public!" weep, cry - shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"

bawl

verb

1. shout, call, scream, roar, yell, howl, bellow, bay, clamour, holler (informal), raise your voice, halloo, hollo, vociferate They were shouting and bawling at each other.

2. cry, weep, sob, wail, whine, whimper, whinge (informal), keen, greet (Scot. or archaic), squall, blubber, snivel, shed tears, yowl, mewl, howl your eyes out One of the toddlers was bawling, and another had a runny nose.

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bawl

verb

1. To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress:

howl, wail, yowl.

2. To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears:

blubber, cry, howl, keen, sob, wail, weep, yowl.

3. To speak or say very loudly or with a shout:

bellow, bluster, call, clamor, cry, halloo, holler, roar, shout, vociferate, whoop, yawp, yell.

phrasal verb
bawl out

1. To reprimand loudly or harshly:

berate, rate.

Informal: tell off.

Idioms: give hell to, give it to.

2. Informal. To criticize for a fault or an offense:

admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid.

Informal: lambaste.

Slang: chew out.

Idioms: bring to task, call on the carpet, haul over the coals, let someone have it.

noun

A loud, deep, prolonged sound:

bellow, clamor, roar.

Translations

يَصيحُ ، يَزْعَقَ

hulákatkřičet

råbeskråleskrige

brüllen

brailler hurler

æpa; skæla

berciare schiamazzare

bliautirėkti

bļaustītiesbļautkliegt

belje brøle hyle vræle

bas bas bağırmakferyat etmek

高声叫喊

bawl

[bɔːl] VI

1. (= cry) → berrear

2. (= shout) → chillar
to bawl at sb → gritar a algn

bawl out VT + ADV

1. → vocear, vociferar

2. (= scold) to bawl sb out → echar una bronca a algn

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bawl

[ˈbɔːl] vi (= shout) → hurler, brailler

bawl out

vt sep → engueuler

bawl

(= shout) → brüllen, schreien; (= sing) → grölen (inf); to bawl for help → um Hilfe schreien

(inf: = weep) → plärren (inf), → heulen (inf)

vt order → brüllen, schreien; song → grölen (pej inf)

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bawl

[bɔːl] vi (cry) → strillare; (shout) → urlare, sbraitare

bawl out vt + adv

a. → urlare (a squarciagola)

b. (fam) to bawl sb out → fare una sfuriata or una lavata di testa a qn

bawl

(boːl) verb

to shout or cry loudly. He bawled something rude; The baby has bawled all night.

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When they came to the parson's house, Tom slipped through the window- bars into the room, and then called out as loud as he could bawl,

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Just you look at me -- I'm going to sleep crooked, and the captain's not here to bawl at me!"

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There was such a bawling and screaming--the Fir Tree alone was silent, and he thought to himself, "Am I not to bawl with the rest?

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The babe bawled tremendously, protesting with great violence.

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"Dreadful catastrophe!" they bawled one to the other down Wellington Street.

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'Here he is!' bawled Giles, calling in a state of great excitement, up the staircase; 'here's one of the thieves, ma'am!

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We turned the dusty drill: We banged the tins, and bawled the hymns,

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I walked along with Miss Murray, turning aside my face, and neglecting to notice several successive remarks, till she bawled out that I was either deaf or stupid; and then (having recovered my self-possession), as one awakened from a fit of abstraction, I suddenly looked up and asked what she had been saying.

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"Long time you fella Tiha no sit 'm along canoe," Aora bawled to the victim and set Bashti cackling again.

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"Yes, and you slapped Frank; I saw you!" bawled Willie Snow, bobbing up in his pew.

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Use your clubs!" Horser bawled. "Stand by the door one of you.

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Now as Bert and Grubb bawled their chorus for the third time, they became aware of a very big, golden-brown balloon low in the sky to the north-west, and coming rapidly towards them.