Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.

    commanders bawling

    schreien, brüllen, grölen

    ора́тьorátʹ, крича́тьkričátʹ

    волатиvolaty, кричатиkryčaty

  2. (intransitive)To wail; to give out a blaring cry.

    children bawling

    cattle bawling

    heulen, brüllen

    реве́тьrevétʹ, вопи́тьvopítʹ

    горлатиhorlaty, галасуватиhalasuvaty

    cry loudly

  3. (intransitive)To weep profusely.

    children bawling

    mourners bawling

    ревітиrevity

Examples

32 sentences

  1. Tom started bawling like a baby.

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  2. I'm tired of him bawling me out.

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  3. Tom was bawled out for sleeping in class.

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  4. Tom was bawling.

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  5. Tom is bawling.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to shout or utter in a loud and intense manner:
to wail; to give out a blaring cry:
to weep profusely:
Русский
By meaning 2
to shout or utter in a loud and intense manner:
to wail; to give out a blaring cry:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to shout or utter in a loud and intense manner:
to wail; to give out a blaring cry:

Origin

From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to bellow”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō

From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to bellow”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell.

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Forms

bawls, bawling, bawled, bawled
Base formbawl · to bawl
3rd person singularbawls
Present participlebawling
Past simplebawled
Past participlebawled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybawl
he, she, itbawls

Past simpleLesson

all personsbawled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bawled
he, she, ithas bawled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bawl

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • shout loudly and without restraint:bellow
  • make a raucous noise:yawp

Word family

5 related words
Relatedbawler
Derivedbawl-babybawl offbawl outoutbawl

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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