bawl
bawl
(bɔːl )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense bawls , present participle bawling , past tense, past participle bawled
1. verb
If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you.
When I came back to the hotel Laura and Peter were shouting and bawling at each other. [VERB + at]
Then a voice bawled: 'Lay off! I'll kill you, you little rascal!'. [VERB with quote]
He tried to direct the video like a fashion show, bawling instructions to the girls. [VERB noun]
Bawl out means the same as bawl.
Someone in the audience bawled out 'Not him again!' [VERB PARTICLE with quote]
2. verb
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