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BAWLING OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bawling out mean?
• BAWLING OUT (noun)
The noun BAWLING OUT has 1 sense:
1. a severe scolding
Familiarity information: BAWLING OUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A severe scolding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bawling out; castigation; chewing out; dressing down; earful; going-over; upbraiding
Hypernyms ("bawling out" is a kind of...):
rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)
Context examples
As we watched him he looked across at a boy who was bawling out the latest edition of the evening paper, and running over among the cabs and busses, he bought one from him.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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