waul
/wɔːl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To wail, to cry plaintively.
Example Sentences
- "Thou know’st, the first time that we smell the air, / We waul, and cry."
- "The Catapult wauled, "What if some poor man's dog was saved, — it was his comfort and defence; — he shared with the faithful creature his bread and butter: and when he dies, who watches his grave, — who, if we may so say, sheds a tear for the departed? — who, who, but his dog?[…]""
- "A cattish ghost-familiar wauls from a monument's bronze shoulder, seeing him see it, and he shrieks back in its own language, pulling a face so horrible that pedestrians scatter out of his path, their white cottons flapping."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: wraulen