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# bawling

«bawling» in Mova's school dictionary: **Crying very loudly, like a baby or an upset child** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (bawl, bawls, bawled, bawling); noun (bawling — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Crying very loudly, like a baby or an upset child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#m1)

2) Shouting loudly and roughly at someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#m2)

3) (informal) «Bawl someone out» means to tell them off angrily (mainly US). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, «bawling» tells the reader that someone is crying noisily and without holding back, or shouting rudely. It is a strong, slightly informal word. Phrases: «bawling your eyes out», «bawling at someone», «bawling baby».

### examples

- The baby was bawling in the back of the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#x1)
- I was bawling my eyes out at the end of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#x2)
- The coach was bawling orders across the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#x3)
- Stop bawling, you will wake up Grandma! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#x4)
- We heard the toddler bawling in the supermarket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#x5)
- The bawling went on for an hour until he fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#x6)
- The coach bawled him out for being late. (US, informal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#x7)
- There was such a bawling and screaming--the Fir Tree alone was silent, and he thought to himself, “Am I not to bawl with the rest? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/#x8)

### note

-ing form of the verb «bawl» (past: bawled). Homophone trap: «bawl» (cry loudly) sounds like «ball» (a round toy) and «bawling» like «balling». Meaning is stronger than «crying» or «sobbing»; «wailing» is similar.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bawling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.