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Bawling

Bawl \Bawl\ (b[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bawled (b[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Bawling.] [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. b["o]la; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bull.]

  1. To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.

  2. To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.

Wiktionary
bawling

n. The act of one who bawls or shouts. vb. (present participle of bawl English)

WordNet
bawling

n. loud cries made while weeping [syn: wailing]

Usage examples of "bawling".

And finally, yes, finally, let me tell you, Leonard Hammond, just you dare to come in here and bawl at me once more, just once more, or if I hear you bawling at my granddaughter, you will have no job and no home, not in this house, anyway.

He heard the front door slamming and a couple bawling obscenely at each other on the path outside.

That buzz that can only really be attained by being up on stage bawling into a microphone and working up a good old sweat.

Ron was bawling for Dave to come over and look at this stuff, might be something in it.

Amid this vast stretch of stars, with seemingly endless planets an which lived not a soul to call him Joe, he could have really enjoyed the arrival from far away or an irate human voice bawling him out good and proper for some error, real or fancied.

The beasts, in the uncertainty of so many new riders, lost patience and moved away from nudging knees and elbows, adding to the bawling confusion.

The soldiers, riding up with shouts and derision, had to gather in reins to hold other bawling beasts.

It was all a swirl of bawling beasts and complaints and calls for this and that item in the most possible confusion.

Then they had to be packed up again, all to grumbling and complaint and bawling up and down the line.

Memnanan sent an officer down with precise instructions, while Marak and his companions sat on mats in the shade of the awning and rested, truly rested in the bawling confusion.

The beshti set to bawling and rumbling, rubbing necks and heads and snuffing familiar scents, as happy as the rest of them, weary as the creatures were, and deserving of rest.

Despite his bawling like a pig with a cut hock, no one did anything foolish, for which Liu Han was heartily glad.

When his hand came across her mouth and her teeth bit into it, he pulled it back, bawling, then brought her a blow on the face that sent her head spinning for a moment and seemed to knock the breath out of her body.

There will be no answer to your bawlings while I hold the key to the nest.

There was also a good deal of shrieking on the part of women passengers, and hoarse bawlings by men.