bawl Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb shout loudly and without restraint
    bellow.
  2. verb make a raucous noise
    yawp.
  3. verb cry loudly
    • Don't bawl in public!

WordNet

Bawl intransitive verb
Etymology
Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. böla; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bull.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bawled (); present participle & verbal noun Bawling
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.
Bawl noun
Definitions
  1. A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.

Webster 1913