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bawled out

bawled out is the simple past and past participle of bawl out.

Meaning of bawl out

Verb

bawl out (third-person singular simple present bawls out, present participle bawling out, simple past and past participle bawled out)

  1. (transitive) To shout very loudly.
    • The teacher angrily bawled out my name.
  2. (transitive) To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture to; to reprimand in order to kill.
    • After a mistake like that, there wasn't much to do besides bawl out the offender and clean up.
  3. (idiomatic) To have a serious argument accompanied by shouting.

Questions about bawled out

What is bawled out the simple past and past participle of?
Bawled out is the simple past and past participle of bawl out.

Words near bawled out in the dictionary

  1. bawl-babies
  2. bawl-baby
  3. bawled
  4. bawled off
  5. bawled one's eyes out
  6. bawled out
  7. bawler
  8. bawlers
  9. bawley
  10. bawleys
  11. bawlies

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