bawl

Speech parts

1. bawl - Noun

2. bawl - Verb

Meaning

To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.

To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.

To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does.

A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.

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The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl. William Cowper

[Hemingway] always used to bawl me out for including so much topical stuff. He always claimed that was a great mistake, that in fifty years nobody would understand. He may have been right; it's getting to be true. John Dos Passos

And lastly from that period I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again. F. Scott Fitzgerald

A good fart joke makes me bawl with laughter, so will somebody farting. And the word 'poo.' You can't beat a good poo joke. Jenny Eclair

It was like a song, one of those sweet, wrenching songs that makes the hair on your arms stand up. That makes you want to throw yourself on the floor and just bawl. Or fall backward and surrender to the music utterly. L.J. Smith

One of my main weaknesses is a good movie. I'll just bawl my eyes out. Randy Houser

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