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bawling off

bawling off is the present participle and gerund of bawl off.

Meaning of bawl off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To severely scold; to shout at; to (figuratively) remove by shouting invective.
    • He bawled off at the disobedient children.

Questions about bawling off

What is bawling off the present participle and gerund of?
Bawling off is the present participle and gerund of bawl off.

Words near bawling off in the dictionary

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

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