Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bawl"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bawl
v 1: shout loudly and without restraint [syn: {bellow}]
2: make a raucous noise [syn: {yawp}]
3: cry loudly; "Don't bawl in public!"


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