bawl
/boːl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.32 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "commanders bawling"
- "He jumped upon the saddle with another yell as he pushed the machine before him, and the next instant was whirling down the thoroughfare with the rapidity of an express train, bawling for people to "Stand clear!""
- ""I'm lord of this manor!" he bawled. "I'm Patroon Varick, and I'll do as I please!""
- "Spade took two long steps and caught Effie Perine by the shoulders. "She didn't get there?" he bawled into her frightened face"
- "children bawling"
- "cattle bawling"
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.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /boːl/
- British English: /bɔːl/
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ball
(cot–caught merger, father-bother merger) Basle