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wailings

wailings is the plural of wailing.

Meaning of wailing

Noun

wailing (plural wailings)

  1. A loud drawn out scream or howl.
    • 'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “The Rescue”, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC, page 69

Questions about wailings

What is wailings the plural of?
Wailings is the plural of wailing.

Words near wailings in the dictionary

  1. wailin'
  2. wailing
  3. wailing on
  4. Wailing Wall
  5. wailingly
  6. wailings
  7. wailment
  8. wailments
  9. wailo
  10. wails
  11. wails on

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