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bawling out

bawling out is the present participle and gerund 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 bawling out

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

Words near bawling out in the dictionary

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

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