bawler

verb (used without object)

1. to cry or wail lustily.

verb (used with object)

2. to utter or proclaim by outcry; shout out: to bawl one’s dissatisfaction; bawling his senseless ditties to the audience.
3. to offer for sale by shouting, as a hawker: a peddler bawling his wares.

noun

4. a loud shout; outcry.
5. a period or spell of loud crying or weeping.
6. Chiefly Midland and Western U.S. the noise made by a calf.

Verb Phrases

7. bawl out, Informal. to scold vociferously; reprimand or scold vigorously: Your father will bawl you out when he sees this mess.

verb

1. (intr) to utter long loud cries, as from pain or frustration; wail
2. to shout loudly, as in anger

noun

3. a loud shout or cry

v.

mid-15c., “to howl like a dog,” from Old Norse baula “to low like a cow,” and/or Medieval Latin baulare “to bark like a dog,” both echoic. Meaning “to shout loudly” attested from 1590s. To bawl (someone) out “reprimand loudly” is 1908, American English. Related: Bawled; bawling.