waul
/wɔːl/
waul verb: to wail, to cry plaintively.
Verb
waul (third-person singular simple present wauls, present participle wauling, simple past and past participle wauled)
- To wail, to cry plaintively.
- Thou know’st, the first time that we smell the air, / We waul, and cry.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- The Catapult wauled, "What if some poor man's dog was saved, — it was his comfort and defence; — he shared with the faithful creature his bread and butter: and when he dies, who watches his grave, — who, if we may so say, sheds a tear for the departed? — who, who, but his dog?[…]"1850, Sylvester Judd, Richard Edney and the Governor's Family, page 298
waul meaning in Urdu
waul in Urdu
- بچے کا بلبلانا
Forms of waul
| third-person singular present | wauls |
|---|---|
| present participle | wauling |
| past participle | wauled |
| past | wauled |
| alternative form (obsolete) | wrawl |
Origin of waul
From Middle English wraulen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat; roar”). Compare Danish vræle, vråle, Swedish vråla (“to bellow; roar; howl; yell”). See also wrawl.
Words that rhyme with waul
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- pall
- paul
- recall
- tall
- Donegal
- saul
- forestall
- Saint Paul
- all
- appall
- hauler
- maul
- overcall
- overhaul
- scrawl
- withcall
- befall
- brawl
- drawl
- install
- set out one's stall
- sing small
- bawl
- orle
- spall
- sprawl
- squall
- trawl
- withal
- y'all
- acrawl
- awl
- infall
- moneyball
- overall
- pawl
- saule
- Senegal
- shawl
- spawl
- tell all
- yawl
- appal
- asprawl
- at all
- aul
- becrawl
- bescrawl
Questions about waul
- What does waul mean?
- Waul means to wail, to cry plaintively.
- What is waul in Urdu?
- Waul in Urdu is بچے کا بلبلانا. See Waul meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is waul?
- Waul is a verb.
- How do you pronounce waul?
- Waul is pronounced /wɔːl/.
- What is the past tense of waul?
- The past tense of waul is wauled.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: waul (page history and authors); waul (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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