bawl

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): [bɔːɫ]
• (US) IPA ^(key): /bɔl/

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• Homophone: ball

Verb

Plain form bawl

Third-person singular bawls

Past tense bawled

Past participle bawled

Present participle bawling

1. (transitive) If you bawl, you shout in a loud and intense way.

Noun

Singular bawl

Plural bawls

1. (countable) A bawl is a loud and intense shouting.