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Similar words: bail out · bowl out · back out · bang out · bark out · bash out · bat out · bow out · call out · fall out
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bawl

 1 verb yell
INTRANSITIVEbéic verb  c m uscairt verb  c m uscread verb  c m u
TRANSITIVEbéic verb  c m uscairt verb  c m uscread verb  c m uthey were bawling insults at each other bhí siad ag scairteadh maslaí ar a chéile, bhí siad ag radadh maslaí le chéile'Stop that,' she bawled. 'Éirigh as sin,' ar sise de bhéic.
 2 verb of animal INTRANSITIVEbúir verb  c m uthe cattle were bawling with hunger bhí an t-eallach ag búireach le hocras
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3 verb weep noisily INTRANSITIVEbheith ag caoineadhcaointeoireacht a dhéanamholagón a dhéanamhochlán a dhéanamh
phrases

to bawl your eyes out

 informal uisce do chinn a chaoineadhshe bawled her eyes out last night chaoin sí uisce a cinn aréir, ghoil sí a seacht sáith aréir
phrasal verbs

bawl out

 1 (v + adv) yell out TRANSITIVEbéic verb  c m uscairt verb  c m uhe bawled out the questions bhéic sé na ceisteanna amach 2 (v + adv) informal reprimand TRANSITIVEíde béil a thabhairt do  c m uaghaidh do chraois a thabhairt ar  c m ushe bawled me out in front of the class thug sí aghaidh a craois orm os comhair an ranga, thug sí sciolladh dom os comhair an ranga

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