bawl: Meaning and Definition of

bawl

1. to cry or wail lustily.

1. to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out: to bawl one's dissatisfaction; bawling his senseless ditties to the audience.
2. to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker: a peddler bawling his wares.
3. to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously: Your father will bawl you out when he sees this mess.

1. a loud shout; outcry.
2. a period or spell of loud crying or weeping.
3. the noise made by a calf.