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wail
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?l, IPA(key): /we?l/, [we??]
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophone: wale
- Homophone: whale (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1
c. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norse væla (“to wail”), from væ, vei (“woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai (whence also Old English w? (“woe”) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wai.
The verb is first attested in the intransitive sense; the transitive sense developed in mid-14th c.. The noun came from the verb.
Verb
wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)
- (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
- (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
- (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
- (transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
- (slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
Derived terms
- bewail
- wailer
- wailingly
Translations
Noun
wail (plural wails)
- A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. [from 15th c.]
- Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
- A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
Translations
References
Etymology 2
From Old Norse val (“choice”). Compare Icelandic velja (“to choose”). More at wale.
Verb
wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)
- (obsolete) Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”)
- c. 1500, Robert Henryson, Template:The Testament of Cresseid
- Wailed wine and metes
- c. 1500, Robert Henryson, Template:The Testament of Cresseid
References
- wail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- wail in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- wail at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- wali, wila, w?li
Asilulu
Noun
wail
- water
References
- James T. Collins, The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983), page 70
Cebuano
Etymology
Blend of wala (“not”) +? ilhi (“known, recognized”)
Pronunciation
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /?wa?il?/
- Rhymes: -il?
- Hyphenation: wa?il
Noun
wail
- an insignificant person
- an unknown person or thing
- an unknown celebrity or politician
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hubbub
English
Alternative forms
- whobub (obsolete)
Etymology
Mid 16thc. Perhaps from Irish; compare Irish ababú!, abú! (battle-cry), Gaelic ub! ub! (expressing contempt, etc.), ubh ubh! (expressing disgust).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?b?b/
Noun
hubbub (plural hubbubs)
- A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
- Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,
- Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear
- With loudest vehemence.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:commotion
Translations
Verb
hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubing or hubbubbing, simple past and past participle hubbubed or hubbubbed)
- (intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.
- 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football
- It becomes a grotto, hubbubbing with more noise than any class on a school visit could make, the air mobbed by breathless chatter about life and the transfer window.
- 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football
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