Waul

//wɔːl// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To wail, to cry plaintively.

    "Thou know’st, the first time that we smell the air, / We waul, and cry."

  2. 2
    make high-pitched, whiney noises wordnet

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squallsquallwawl

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"Thou know’st, the first time that we smell the air, / We waul, and cry."

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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