bawl

Definitions


[bɔːl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly
(e.g: ‘Move!’ bawled the drill corporal)

- weep or cry noisily
(e.g: one by one the children all started bawling)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘(of an animal) howl, bark’): imitative; possibly related to medieval Latin baulare ‘to bark’ or Icelandic baula ‘to low’


[bɔːl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a loud, unrestrained shout
(e.g: he addressed every class in a terrifying bawl)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘(of an animal) howl, bark’): imitative; possibly related to medieval Latin baulare ‘to bark’ or Icelandic baula ‘to low’




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