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wauling

wauling is the present participle and gerund of waul.

Meaning of waul

Verb

waul (third-person singular simple present wauls, present participle wauling, simple past and past participle wauled)

  1. 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...

Noun

wauling (plural waulings)

  1. A plaintive cry or howl, as of a cat.
    • Their fights with other members of their own kind were always preceded by loud and fierce waulings or savage snarling and snapping of teeth […]2006, Kenneth Conibear, Northland Footprints

Forms of wauling

pluralwaulings

Questions about wauling

What does wauling mean?
Wauling means a plaintive cry or howl, as of a cat.
What is wauling the present participle and gerund of?
Wauling is the present participle and gerund of waul.
What part of speech is wauling?
Wauling is a noun.
What is the plural of wauling?
The plural of wauling is waulings.

Words near wauling in the dictionary

  1. waukmills
  2. Waukon
  3. wauks
  4. waul
  5. wauled
  6. wauling
  7. waulings
  8. waulk
  9. waulked
  10. waulker
  11. waulkers

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