vi to cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
2. bawl ·noun a loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.
3. bawl ·vt to proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does.
4. bawl ·vi to cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.