waul

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To wail, to cry plaintively.

Pronunciation

/wɔːl/

Word forms

waul wauls wauling wauled wrawl

Etymology

From Middle English wraulen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat; roar”). Compare Danish vræle, vråle, Swedish vråla (“to bellow; roar; howl; yell”). See also wrawl.

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