Meaning

1 senses

  1. To wail, to cry plaintively.

More definitions
  • make high-pitched, whiney noises

Origin

From Middle English wraulen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat; roar”). Compare Danish vræle, vråle

From Middle English wraulen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat; roar”). Compare Danish vræle, vråle, Swedish vråla (“to bellow; roar; howl; yell”). See also wrawl.

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Forms

wauls, wauling, wauled, wauled
Base formwaul · to waul
3rd person singularwauls
Present participlewauling
Past simplewauled
Past participlewauled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywaul
he, she, itwauls

Past simpleLesson

all personswauled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill waul

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make high-pitched, whiney noises:squallwawl

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcaterwaul

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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