/bɔːl/
bawl
BrE /bɔːl/
NAmE /bɔːl/
[I, T]
to shout loudly, especially in an unpleasant or angry way
~ (at sb)
She bawled at him in front of everyone.
~ (out) sth (at sb)
He sat in his office bawling orders at his secretary.
+ speech (+ out)
‘Get in here now!’ she bawled out.
[I, T]
(+ speech)
to cry loudly, especially in an unpleasant and annoying way
A child was bawling in the next room.
He was bawling his eyes out (= crying very loudly).
ˌbawl sb↔ˈout
(informal)
to speak angrily to sb because they have done sth wrong
The teacher bawled him out for being late.