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verb
Bawl  v. t.  To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does.


Bawl  v. i.  (past & past part. bawled; pres. part. bawling)  
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.





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"Bawling" Quotes from Famous Books



... climbed out of the bed the old hound was whining at the door. When he opened it the fresh wind striking his warm body aroused him sharply. He wondered why his mother had not already been over for her things. The chickens were clustered expectantly at the corner of the house, the calf was bawling at the corner of the fence, and the old cow was waiting patiently at the gate. He turned quickly to the kitchen and to a breakfast on the scraps of his last night's supper. He did not know how to make coffee, and for the first time in his life he went without it. Within an hour ...
— The Heart Of The Hills • John Fox, Jr.
... halyards, and runs up the topmast rigging, intending to go down by the lift, and pass a bowling knot round him before he fell, when who should I meet at the cross-trees but Tom Herbert, who snatched the rope out of my hand, bawling to me through the gale, 'This is ...
— Jacob Faithful • Captain Frederick Marryat
... who's writing her these letters may be one of my best friends? It doesn't pay to take a chance on it. I won't hear to it. If Medcroft knows and his wife knows and Miss Fowler knows, why the deuce should we bother our heads about it? Last night I heard the Medcroft infant bawling its lungs out—teething, I daresay—but did I go in and take a hand in straightening out the poor little beggar? Not I. By the same token, why should I or anybody else presume to step in and try to straighten out the troubles ...
— The Husbands of Edith • George Barr McCutcheon
... may be. Listen to the bawling outside, now, cold as it is. Hark! A hoarse group on the opposite sidewalk beginning a song. "Ro-o-l on, sil-ver mo-o-n"—. The silver moon ceases to roll in a sudden explosion of yells and laughter, sending up broken fragments of curses, ribald jeers, whoopings, and cat-calls, ...
— The Ghost • William. D. O'Connor
... or laureats, join also at this time in bawling out his strong names, (their term for titles of honour,) and sing songs in his praise. These scenes are likewise enlivened by a number of people engaged in a savage dance round the scaffolds; should the foot of one of these performers slip, it is considered an ill ...
— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish


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