2. To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
bawled — bald … American English homophones
bawled — bÉ”Ël v. cry out; cry; yell; scold … English contemporary dictionary
bawled — bald balled … English homophone dictionary
bald — bawled … American English homophones
bawl out — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bawl — [[t]bɔ͟ːl[/t]] bawls, bawling, bawled 1) VERB If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you. [V at n] When I came back to the hotel Laura and Peter were shouting and bawling at each… … English dictionary
bawl — UK [bɔːl] / US [bɔl] verb Word forms bawl : present tense I/you/we/they bawl he/she/it bawls present participle bawling past tense bawled past participle bawled 1) [intransitive/transitive] to shout in a loud angry way His main complaint was that … English dictionary
bawl out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bawl out : present tense I/you/we/they bawl out he/she/it bawls out present participle bawling out past tense bawled out past participle bawled out mainly American informal to speak angrily to someone because… … English dictionary
bawl out — {v.}, {informal} To reprove in a loud or rough voice; rebuke sharply; scold. * /The teacher bawled us out for not handing in our homework./ Compare: HAUL OVER THE COALS, LIGHT INTO, TELL A THING OR TWO … Dictionary of American idioms
gross-out session — {n.}, {slang}, {avoidable} A verbal contest between teen agers in which the object of the game is to see who can be more disgusting or vulgar than anybody else. * /When Jim got home he found his two teen age sons engaged in a gross out session;… … Dictionary of American idioms
