"bawl out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bawl out.ogg [Australia] Forms: bawls out [present, singular, third-person], bawling out [participle, present], bawled out [participle, past], bawled out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bawl out (third-person singular simple present bawls out, present participle bawling out, simple past and past participle bawled out)
  1. (transitive) To shout very loudly. Tags: transitive Related terms: row
    Sense id: en-bawl_out-en-verb-XWjzP-4S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 13 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 63 17 19
  2. (transitive) To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture to; to reprimand. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bawl_out-en-verb-3ut3wQxW
  3. (idiomatic) To have a serious argument accompanied by shouting. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bawl_out-en-verb-84jzcaos

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Download JSON data for bawl out meaning in English (2.1kB)

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