单词 | bawl |
释义 | bawl —bawler, n. /bawl/, v.i. 1. to cry or wail lustily. v.t. 2. to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out: to bawl one's dissatisfaction; bawling his senseless ditties to the audience. 3. to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker: a peddler bawling his wares. 4. bawl out, Informal. to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously: Your father will bawl you out when he sees this mess. n. 5. a loud shout; outcry. 6. a period or spell of loud crying or weeping. 7. Chiefly Midland and Western U.S. the noise made by a calf. [1400-50; late ME < ML baulare to bark < Gmc; cf. ON baula to low, baula cow, perh. a conflation of belja (see BELL2) with an old root *bhu-] Syn. 1. howl, yowl, squall, roar, bellow. |
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