bawl

Bawl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bawled (p. pr. & vb. n. Bawling.]

Etymology: [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. böla; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bull.]

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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Bawl, v. t.

To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.

Bawl, n.

A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for bawl; he lists it under call.

Where he writes about it:

To bawl is to utter senseless, noisy cries, as of a child in pain or anger. — from call