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bawl

bɒ:l5 senses · 75 ms
Level C1GRE
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verb/bɔːl//boːl//bɔl/
  1. 1

    To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.transitive

    • commanders bawling
  2. 2

    To wail; to give out a blaring cry.intransitive

    • children bawling
    • cattle bawling
  3. 3

    To weep profusely.intransitive

    • children bawling
    • mourners bawling
noun/bɔːl//boːl//bɔl/
  1. 1

    A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

    • […] that clear soprano, in nursery, rings out a shower of innocent idiotisms over the half-stripped baby, and suspends the bawl upon its lips.

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