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bawls out

bawls out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bawls out

What is bawls out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bawls out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bawl out.

Words near bawls out in the dictionary

  1. bawlings
  2. Bawlmer
  3. bawls
  4. bawls off
  5. bawls one's eyes out
  6. bawls out
  7. bawly
  8. bawn
  9. Bawnboy
  10. bawneen
  11. bawneens

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