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bawling

bawling is the present participle and gerund of bawl.

Meaning of bawl

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
    • commanders bawling
  2. (intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
    • children bawling
  3. (intransitive) To weep profusely.
    • children bawling

See all 4 meanings of bawl

Noun

bawling (plural bawlings)

  1. The act of one who bawls or shouts.
    • E. F. Benson
      Nobody could call Major Flint, with his bawlings and his sniffings, the least mysterious.

Forms of bawling

pluralbawlings

Phrases with bawling

Words that rhyme with bawling

Questions about bawling

What does bawling mean?
Bawling means the act of one who bawls or shouts.
What is bawling the present participle and gerund of?
Bawling is the present participle and gerund of bawl.
What part of speech is bawling?
Bawling is a noun.
What is the plural of bawling?
The plural of bawling is bawlings.

Words near bawling in the dictionary

  1. bawlers
  2. bawley
  3. bawleys
  4. bawlies
  5. bawlin'
  6. bawling
  7. bawling off
  8. bawling one's eyes out
  9. bawling out
  10. bawlings
  11. Bawlmer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bawling (page history and authors); bawl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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