Bawl

Definitions: Bawl

Bawl

Verb

1. Shout loudly and without restraint.

2. Make a raucous noise.

3. Cry loudly; "Don't bawl in public!".

Date "bawl" was first used: sometime around 1440. (references)

Synonyms: Bawl

Synonyms: bellow (v), yawp (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Bawl

English words defined with "bawl": bawl out, Bawled, Boohoe. (references)

Specialty definitions using "bawl": FOLLY ♦ Perseverance ♦ Stoics ♦ tariff. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	If he were mean or vicious or if he'd bawl me out or something, I'd like him better. (Scarlet Street; writing credit: Nunnally Johnson; J.H. Wallis)
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Domain	Title
Periodicals	Bawl Street Journal (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Bawl Out [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat grieving at the cost of coals; For Hell had been annexed of late, And was a sovereign Southern State. "It were no more than right," said he, "That I should get my fuel free. The duty, neither just nor wise, Compels me to economize -- Whereby my broilers, every one, Are execrably underdone. What would they have? -- although I yearn To do them nicely to a turn, I can't afford an honest heat. This tariff makes even devils cheat! I'm ruined, and my humble trade All rascals may at will invade: Beneath my nose the public press Outdoes me in sulphureousness; The bar ingeniously applies To my undoing my own lies; My medicines the doctors use (Albeit vainly) to refuse To me my fair and rightful prey And keep their own in shape to pay; The preachers by example teach What, scorning to perform, I teach; And statesmen, aping me, all make More promises than they can break. Against such competition I Lift up a disregarded cry. Since all ignore my just complaint, By Hokey-Pokey! I'll turn saint!" Now, the Republicans, who all Are saints, began at once to bawl Against his competition; so There was a devil of a go! They locked horns with him, tete-a-tete In acrimonious debate, Till Democrats, forlorn and lone, Had hopes of coming by their own. That evil to avert, in haste The two belligerents embraced; But since 'twere wicked to relax A tittle of the Sacred Tax, 'Twas finally agreed to grant The bold Insurgent-protestant A bounty on each soul that fell Into his ineffectual Hell. Edam Smith
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"Bawl" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "Bawl" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	62.5%	15	90,616
Lexical Verb (base form)	20.83%	5	157,705
Noun (singular)	16.67%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	24	N/A

Expressions using "bawl": bawl at smb. ♦ bawl for help ♦ bawl one's eye out ♦ bawl out ♦ bawl out smb.'s name ♦ bawl smb. out. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "bawl"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		bërtitje, bërtas (call, Caterwaul, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, holler, objurgate, scream, shout, shout at, shriek, squall, vociferate, whoop, yell), thërres (ask, call, call out, call up, conjure, convene, convoke, cry, exclaim, give a cry, hail, holler, invite, shout, sing out, summon, vociferate, wawl, whoop), thërras (ask, call, call out, call up, conjure, convene, convoke, cry, drum up, exclaim, hail, holler, invite, obtest, page, shout, sing out, summon, vociferate, wawl, whoop), të qarët, qaj (bewail, cry, deplore, lament, mourn, rain, weep, whimper). (various references)

Arabic		‏نادى على البضاعة, ‏وبخ بقسوة (spank, vituperate), ‏زعق (shriek, squall, squawk), ‏صيحة عالية, ‏صاح (call, call out, clear, crow, cry, holler, hoot, scream, shout, sing out, squall, squawk, squeal, vociferate), ‏جعجع (clamor, clamour, roar, squawk). (various references)

Bulgarian		рев (bluster, cry, hoot, howl, rave, roan, roar, roaring, squall, trumpet, yell), крещя (holler, hollo, hoot, scream, shout, shriek, squall, vociferate, yell), викам (barrack, call, clamor, clamour, create, cry, holler, hollo, holloa, pop off, roar, scream, shout, sing out, vocalize, vociferate, whoop, yell), вик (call, cry, scream, shout, whoop, yell). (various references)

Chinese		嚎 (howl), 嗥 (howl, roar, to bark), 大喊 (Bawled, Bawling). (various references)

Czech		zařvat (boom out, snap out, yell), vyřvávat (bellow out, scream), vřískat (howl, scream, shriek, shrill, yell, yowl), hulákat (bellow, hoot, howl, vociferate), řvát (bellow, roar, scream). (various references)

Farsi		فریادزدن (Cry, Hoot, Howl, Shout, Yell), دادزدن (Cry, Roar, Root, Shout). (various references)

Finnish		parkua (howl, scream), karjua (roar). (various references)

French		brailler, beugler, hurler, gueuler, crier. (various references)

German		grölen (bellow), gröle, brüllen (bawl out, bellow, blare, blare out, bleat, boohoo, boom, holler, howl, neigh, roar, scream, shout, snap out, squall, to roar, trumpet, yell). (various references)

Greek		κραυγή (call, clamor, clamour, cry, halloo, holler, outcry, scream, shout, squall, vociferation, whoop, yell), κραυγάζω (clamor, clamour, cry, exclaim, halloo, scream, shout, squall, vociferate, whoop), μαλώνω (argue about / over, berate, chide, chide smb., jaw, lambaste, scold, scuffle, take to task, wig, yawp), φωνάζω (call, call out, caterwaul, clamor, clamour, cry, halloo, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout to, squawk, yawp, yell). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"רעיש (jangle, make a noise, rag, row, rumble, whir), לצרוח (scream, shout, shriek, squawk, squeal, yell). (various references)

Hungarian		ordít (bellow, heehaw, holler, hollo, holloa, howl, roar, shout, to bawl, to bell, to bellow, to bray, to give tongue, to roar, to squall, to yawp, to yell, yell), üvölt (bellow, hollo, holloa, roar, shout, squall, to bawl, to bellow, to blast, to howl, to roar, to squall, to wail). (various references)

Indonesian		berteriak (boohoo, hoot, scream, yell), menangis (blubber, boohoo, cry, weep). (various references)

Italian		urlo (bellow, cry, hoop, howl, scream, shout, wail, yell), urlare (boom, cry, hoot, howl, roar, scream, shout, vociferate, yell), strillo (cry, scream, screech, shout, shriek, squall, squeal), sbraitare (shout, yell), pianto rumoroso (blubber), piangere rumorosamente (blubber), piangere (cry, grieve for, mourn, sob, weep), grido (call, cry, exclamation, hail, hollo, holloa, hoop, hoot, hue, outcry, scream, shout, squall, whoop), gridare (call, clamour, cry, cry out, hoot, scream, screech, shout, shriek, squall, storm, whoop, yell). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		喚き立てる (to bawl out, to yell). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		わめきたてる (to bawl out, to yell). (various references)

Manx		yllaghey (acclaim, exclaim, shout), gloaral (noising), cur baic ass, baic (bellow, bellow of pain, jerk, twist). (various references)

Norwegian		brøle, skråle. (various references)

Pig Latin		awlbay

Portuguese		berro (bellow, hypoderma, low, roar, roaring, shout, warble, warble fly, yell, yowl), berrar (bellow, cry out, howler, low, roar, scream, shout, vociferate, waul, yap, yell, yowl), grito (call, cry, crying, hoot, scream, shout, whoop, yell), gritar (call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, hoot, howl, scream, shout, sing out, vociferate, waul, whoop, yawl, yell). (various references)

Romanian		zbieret (hee haw), zbiera (bellow, bluster, Bray, cry, cry out, roar), vorbi zgomotos (jangle), strigãt (call, calling, cry, ejaculation, halloo, hoop, hoot, hue, outcry, roar, roaring, scream, shout, shriek, squall, yell), striga (bark out, bellow, brawl, break, call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry cherries, cry out, ejaculate, hail, hallo, halloo, hollo, hoop, howl, page, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, shriek out, squall, vociferate, yell), spune ţipând, ţipãt prelung, ţipa (call, cry, honk, hoop, hoot, pipe, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, squall, squeal, yell). (various references)

Russian		орать (holler, scream, vociferate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vika (clamor, clamour, screaming, shouting, whoop, yell), dreka (hue, rant, squall, vociferation), derati se (bellow, scream), derati (scream, skin, tear). (various references)

Spanish		berrear (bellow, blare, howl, scream), vociferar (clamor, clamour, rant, scream, shout, vociferate, yell), llanto (chant, crying, denunciation, weeping), grito (bellow, call, cry, daring, denunciation, ejaculation, exclamation, gasp, hail, halloo, hoot, howl, outcry, shout, shriek, yell), gritar (bark, bawl out, bellow, break out, call, call out, chant, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, faggot, fagot, halloo, holler, hoot, howl, outcry, scold, scream, shout, shout out, shriek, shrill out, sing out, to shout, whoop, yell), chimenea (chimney, drop-hole, fireplace, fireside, flue, funnel, hearth, howl, incline, incline shaft, lifting hole, pen, pipe, slot, smoke pipe, smoke stack, smokestack, stack), chillido (howl, jabber, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squeal, yell), chillar (Caterwaul, howl, jar, pipe, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, yell). (various references)

Swedish		vråla (bellow, howl, roar, yell), skråla (cry out, scream, shout, squall). (various references)

Thai		ตะโกนหรือร้องเสียง�"ัง (bawls). (various references)

Turkish		bas bas bağırmak (blast), bağırmak (bark, bark at, bell, bellow, call, cry, ejaculate, exclaim, holler, hollo, holloa, hoop, hoot, howl, roar, scream, shout, shout at, shout out, sing out, troat, trumpet, whoop, yell), haykırmak (burst in, burst out, call to, cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, roar, rumble, rumble out, scream, shout, shout out, spit, whoop, yell), avazı çıktığı kadar bağırmak (shout at the top of one's voice, shout out, shriek, squall). (various references)

Turkmen		зygyrmak (cry out, lament). (various references)

Ukranian		схлипування (sob), ревіти (blubber, bluster), репетувати (blare, halloo, squall), кричати (call, chirp, clamor, clamour, cry, exclaim, holler, honk, noise, shout, sing out, toot, vociferate, yawl, yell), крик (alarm, call, chirp, clang, cry, hullabaloo, note, oration, yawl), волати (bellow, wail, yell). (various references)

Vietnamese		tiếng nói oang oang. (various references)

Welsh		bloeddio (shout), lleisio (sound, utter), gweiddi (cry, shout), cwrnad (hubbub, nag), crochlefain. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Middle Dutch	1100-1500	bleren. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bawl": bawled, bawler, bawlers, bawling, bawls. (additional references)
	Words ending with "bawl": outbawl. (additional references)
	Words containing "bawl": outbawled, outbawling, outbawls. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bawl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baael, Bacl, badl, bael, bahl, balwe, baow, barl, basw, baul, bauw, bauwl, baw, Bawa, Bawb, bawe, bawg, bawld, Bawu, bayl, bbw, bmw, bowly, bw, bwa, Bwaa, Bwayla, dawl, gawl. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "bawl" (pronounced bô"l)
3	b ô" l	ball.
2	-ô" l	all, appall, befall, brawl, call, crawl, drawl, enthral, forestall, gall, hall, haul, install, Lall, Mall, maul, mol, Pol, Sall, Saul, scrawl, Shaul, shawl, small, Spall, sprawl, squall, stall, tall, thrall, wall.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: blaw.
	Words within the letters "a-b-l-w"
	-1 letter: alb, awl, bal, lab, law, wab.
	-2 letters: ab, al, aw, ba, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-l-w"
	+1 letter: bawls, blawn, blaws, brawl, bylaw.
	+2 letters: barlow, bawled, bawler, bewail, blawed, brawls, brawly, byelaw, bylaws, wabble, wabbly, wamble, wambly, warble.
	+3 letters: baklawa, barlows, batfowl, bawdily, bawlers, bawling, becrawl, beltway, bewails, blawing, bradawl, brawled, brawler, brawlie, bulwark, byelaws, dowable, hewable, lawbook, lowball, outbawl, ownable, rowable, sawbill, sewable, sowable, teabowl, wabbled, wabbler, wabbles, wadable, wallaby, wambled, wambles, warbled, warbler, warbles, waxbill, waybill, wirable.
	+4 letters: avowable, avowably, backflow, baklawas, ballhawk, batfowls, becrawls, beltways, bestowal, bewailed, bewailer, blowback, blowball, blowhard, bradawls, brawlers, brawlier, brawling, brawnily, bulwarks, bungalow, cableway, chewable, dowsabel, drawable, gnawable, growable, hawkbill, knowable, lawbooks, lowballs, outbawls, outbrawl, pawnable, plowable, plowback, sawbills, shadblow, showable, skewbald, snowball, stowable, swayable, teabowls, viewable, wabblers, wabblier, wabbling, wadeable, walkable, wamblier, wambling, warblers, warbling, washable, washbowl, wastable, waxbills, waybills, wearable, weldable, wettable, willable, windable, winnable, workable, writable.
	+5 letters: allowable, allowably, awardable, backflows, bailiwick, ballhawks, batfowled, becrawled, bestowals, bewailers, bewailing, blackwood, blowbacks, blowballs, blowhards, boardwalk, brawliest, bulwarked, bungalows, cableways, deathblow, dowsabels, handblown, hawkbills, hawksbill, lowballed, outbawled, outbrawls, plowbacks, renewable, renewably, saddlebow, screwball, shadblows, skewbalds, snowballs, swimmable, tableware, twayblade, wabbliest, walkabout, wallabies, wallboard, wambliest, washables, washbowls, watchable, wearables, weighable, whaleback, whaleboat, whalebone, wheelbase, windblast, wolfsbane, worktable.
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