bawl

Meanings

Plural: bawls

Verb

shout loudly and without restraint
make a raucous noise
cry loudly
- "Don't bawl in public!"
To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
To weep profusely.

Noun

A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to bellow”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell.
In Kurdish bolle بۆڵە ("to nag") or ("to growl") ("to cry")

Synonyms

bellow, yawp

Scrabble Score: 9

bawl is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bawl is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bawl is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

bawl is a valid Words With Friends word