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bawl       [bawl] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object)
1.to cry or wail lustily.
–verb (used with object)
2.to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out: to bawl one's dissatisfaction; bawling his senseless ditties to the audience.
3.to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker: a peddler bawling his wares.
–noun
4.a loud shout; outcry.
5.a period or spell of loud crying or weeping.
6.Chiefly Midland and Western U.S. the noise made by a calf.
7.bawl out, Informal. to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously: Your father will bawl you out when he sees this mess.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < ML baulāre to bark < Gmc; cf. ON baula to low, baula cow, perh. a conflation of belja (see bell2) with an old root *bhu-]

bawler, noun

1. howl, yowl, squall, roar, bellow.
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bawl       (bôl)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   bawled, bawl·ing, bawls

v.   intr.
  1. To cry or sob loudly; wail.
  2. To cry out loudly and vehemently; shout.

v.   tr.
To utter in a loud, vehement voice. See Synonyms at shout.

n.   A loud, bellowing cry; a wail.

Phrasal Verb(s):
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 
c.1440, from O.N. baula "to low like a cow," and/or M.L. baulare "to bark like a dog," both echoic. To bawl (someone) out "reprimand loudly" is 1908, Amer.Eng.

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bawl

verb
1. shout loudly and without restraint 
2. make a raucous noise [syn: yawp
3. cry loudly; "Don't bawl in public!" 

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Bawl

Bawl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bawled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bawling.] [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. b["o]la; 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.

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Bawl

Bawl\, v. t. To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. --Swift.

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Bawl

Bawl\, n. A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.

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