1. Loud cries made while weeping
   "The baby's bawling woke up the entire household";
   - wailing

1. Shout loudly and without restraint
   "The angry customer bawled at the store manager";
   - bellow
    
2. Cry loudly
   "Don't bawl in public!"
    
3. Make a raucous noise
   "The seagulls bawled as they fought over scraps of food";
   - yawp [informal]

Sounds like: balling

Derived forms: bawlings

Type of: cry, crying, howl, roar, shout, weep, weeping

Encyclopedia: Bawling