bawl

Plural: bawls

Verb

Verb Forms: bawled, bawling, bawls

To shout or cry out noisily and without restraint.
shout loudly and without restraint
make a raucous noise
cry loudly
- "Don't bawl in public!"
To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
To weep profusely.

Noun

A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

Examples

cattle bawling
children bawling
commanders bawling
He wanted to bawl after I blocked his only spot for a bingo.
mourners bawling

Origin / 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.
In Kurdish bolle بۆڵە ("to nag") or ("to growl") ("to cry")

Synonyms

bellow, yawp

Scrabble Score: 9

bawl: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bawl: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bawl: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

bawl: valid Words With Friends Word