Verb: bawl bol
- Shout loudly and without restraint
"The angry customer bawled at the store manager";
- bellow
- Cry loudly
"Don't bawl in public!"
- Make a raucous noise
"The seagulls bawled as they fought over scraps of food";
- yawp [informal]
Sounds like: ball
Derived forms: bawled, bawling, bawls
Type of: cry, howl, roar, shout, weep
Encyclopedia: Bawl