bawl

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to bellow”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): [bɔːɫ] (Northumbria) IPA(key): /baːl/ (US) IPA(key): /bɔl/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɑl/ Homophone: ball Rhymes: -ɔːl === Verb === bawl (third-person singular simple present bawls, present participle bawling, simple past and past participle bawled) (transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner. (intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry. Coordinate terms: (cattle sense) croon, bellow, low, moo (intransitive) To weep profusely. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === bawl (plural bawls) A loud, intense shouting or wailing. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === ALBW, LBWA == Jamaican Creole == === Verb === bawl to shed tears; to weep to complain to negotiate (often a price) == Zou == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bɔ̄l] Hyphenation: bawl === Verb === bawl (stem II bàwl) do make work === References === Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 81 Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 183