waul
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Imitative.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /wɔːl/
[edit] Verb
waul (third-person singular simple present wauls, present participle wauling, simple past and past participle wauled)
- to wail, to cry plaintively
- 1605: Thou know’st the first time that we smell the air / We waul and cry. — William Shakespeare, King Lear IV.v
