waul

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waul

/wɔːl/

Sounds like wall · Rhymes with -ɔːl

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From Middle English wraulen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat; roar”). Compare Danish vræle, vråle, Swedish vråla (“to bellow; roar; howl; yell”). See also wrawl.

verb wauls · wauling · wauled · wrawl

To wail, to cry plaintively. Thou know’st, the first time that we smell the air, / We waul, and cry.

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@misc{waul_2026,
  title = {waul},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waul},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}