<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to cry or wail lustily</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>wail</li><li>bellow</li><li>roar</li><li>squall</li><li>yowl</li><li>howl</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out</li><li>to bawl one's dissatisfaction</li><li>to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a loud shout; outcry</li><li>a period or spell of loud crying or weeping</li><li>the noise made by a calf</li></ul><p><strong>Verb phrase (Informal)</strong></p><ul><li>to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously</li></ul>