Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bawl

Bawl (bal) , intransitive verb

[Icelandic baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Swedish bola; compare AS bellan, German bellen to bark, English bellow, bull.]

1.
To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.
2.
To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.

Bawl , transitive verb

To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. — Swift

Bawl , noun

A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.