bawl

  • 21bawl — v 1. shout, cry out, vociferate, exclaim, yell, whoop, Inf. holler; roar, bellow, blare, trumpet, bray, thunder; caterwaul, squall, screech, squeal; howl, ululate, hoot, yelp, bark, yap; hail, hallo, call out. 2. hawk, huckster, peddle, vend. 3.… …

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  • 22bawl — verb 1) Come on! he bawled Syn: shout, yell, roar, bellow, screech, scream, shriek, bark, thunder; informal yammer, holler 2) the children continued to bawl Syn: cry …

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  • 23bawl — v. 1 tr. speak or call out noisily. 2 intr. weep loudly. Phrases and idioms: bawl out colloq. reprimand angrily. Derivatives: bawler n. Etymology: imit.: cf. med.L baulare bark, Icel. baula (Sw. boumlla) to low …

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  • 24bawl your eyes out — see ↑bawl • • • Main Entry: ↑eye …

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  • 25bawl somebody out — ˌbawl sbˈout derived (informal) to speak angrily to sb because they have done sth wrong • The teacher bawled him out for being late. Main entry: ↑bawlderived …

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  • 26bawl 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, ↑ …

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  • 27bawl out — PHRASAL VERB If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong. [INFORMAL] → See also bawl 1) [V n P] Do you think I m just going to bawl you out and that ll be an end of it? [Also V P n (not pron)] Syn:… …

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  • 28bawl 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… …

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  • 29bawl me out — tell me I have been bad, scold me    If I fail math, Dad will bawl me out. He ll give me a lecture …

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  • 30bawl someone out — reprimand someone angrily. → bawl …

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