bawl
verb /bɔːl/
/bɔːl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bawl | /bɔːl/ /bɔːl/ |
| he / she / it bawls | /bɔːlz/ /bɔːlz/ |
| past simple bawled | /bɔːld/ /bɔːld/ |
| past participle bawled | /bɔːld/ /bɔːld/ |
| -ing form bawling | /ˈbɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈbɔːlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to shout loudly, especially in an unpleasant or angry way
- bawl (at somebody) She bawled at him in front of everyone.
- Some noisy students were bawling for more food.
- bawl (out) something (at somebody) He sat in his office bawling orders at his secretary.
- + speech (+ out) ‘Get in here now!’ she bawled out.
- [intransitive, transitive] to cry loudly, especially in an unpleasant and annoying way
- A child was bawling in the next room.
- He was bawling his eyes out (= crying very loudly).
- + speech ‘Mama, Mama!’ bawled a terrified toddler.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense of (of an animal)‘ howl, bark’): imitative; possibly related to medieval Latin baulare ‘to bark’ or Icelandic baula ‘to low’.