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bawl
English
Etymology
From Middle English bawlen, from Old Norse baula (“to low”) and/or Medieval Latin baul? (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bau- (“to bark”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellan?, *ballijan?, *buljan? (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [b???]
- (US) IPA(key): /b?l/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /b?l/
- Rhymes: -??l
- Homophone: ball
Verb
bawl (third-person singular simple present bawls, present participle bawling, simple past and past participle bawled)
- (transitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
- (intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 5:
- Why did you bawl out just as I was aiming? Who can aim with a fellow bawling in his ear? I've lost the birds through it.
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 5:
Derived terms
- bawler
Translations
Noun
bawl (plural bawls)
- A loud, intense shouting or wailing.
Translations
Anagrams
- LBWA
Zou
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?l?/
Adjective
bawl
- blunt
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
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chuckle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t???k?l/
- Rhymes: -?k?l
Etymology 1
From chuck +? -le.
Noun
chuckle (plural chuckles)
- A quiet laugh.
Synonyms
- chortle
- giggle
- snigger
- titter
Translations
Verb
chuckle (third-person singular simple present chuckles, present participle chuckling, simple past and past participle chuckled)
- To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- (transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
- She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
- (intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- (transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
- if these Birds are within distance, here's that will chuckle 'em together
- (transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (to laugh quietly): see also Thesaurus:laugh
- (to fondle): grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
- (to pamper): coddle, posset; see also Thesaurus:pamper
Translations
Etymology 2
Perhaps from chock (“a log”).
Adjective
chuckle (comparative more chuckle, superlative most chuckle)
- (obsolete) Clumsy.
Derived terms
- chucklehead
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