| 1. | to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain. |
| 2. | to make mournful sounds, as music or the wind. |
| 3. | to lament or mourn bitterly. |
| 4. | Jazz. to perform exceptionally well. |
| 5. | Slang. to express emotion musically or verbally in an exciting, satisfying way. |
| 6. | to express deep sorrow for; mourn; lament; bewail: to wail the dead; to wail one's fate. |
| 7. | to express in wailing; cry or say in lamentation: to wail one's grief. |
| 8. | the act of wailing. |
| 9. | a wailing cry, as of grief, pain, or despair. |
| 10. | any similar mournful sound: the wail of an old tune. |

wail (wāl) v. wailed, wail·ing, wails v. intr.
To lament over; bewail. n.
[Middle English wailen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse vāla, vǣla.] wail'er n., wail'ing·ly adv. |
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