gowl

English

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English gaulen, goulen. Compare yawl (intransitive verb).

Verb

gowl (third-person singular simple present gowls, present participle gowling, simple past and past participle gowled)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) To weep angrily; to howl.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)

See also

• girn

Etymology 2

Noun

gowl (plural gowls)

1. (Ireland, slang) Vagina.
2. (Ireland, slang) An annoying person; an idiot.

Anagrams

• glow, w.l.o.g., wlog