Talk:wail

"Wail on" v. "Whale on"

OED defines "to whale" as "to flog" (as well as "to go whale-fishing"), not its homonym "to wail."

Writer Virginia Heffernan also wrote an article for the New York Times [1], using the phrase "whaling on each other." I'm compelled to trust The New York Times' accuracy in diction. — This unsigned comment was added by Rlue (talk • contribs) at 23:01, 18 November 2007.

What about it's use in music?

"This band wails."

~Jonathan 02:38, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

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"(slang, music) To perform, express emotion in an exceptionally exciting way." Equinox ◑ 11:55, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

I notice we don't have any singing-related sense of wail. I think this is real if improvable. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:23, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

I've added three cites and modified the definition. OK? DCDuring TALK 22:48, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Looks nice. Closing. Equinox ◑ 22:55, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

/hweil/

In Jailhouse Rock, Elvis pronounces it as /hweil/ --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:26, 1 February 2020 (UTC)