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What (who) is WAIL - definition
wail
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Wail (disambiguation)
To attack physically or verbally.
You should have seen how those two guys were wailing on each other.
You should have seen how those two guys were wailing on each other.
wail
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Wail (disambiguation)
¦ noun a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger.
?a sound resembling this.
¦ verb
1. give or utter a wail.
2. literary manifest or feel deep sorrow for; lament.
Derivatives
wailer noun
wailful adjective (literary).
wailing noun & adjective
wailingly adverb
Origin
ME: from ON; related to woe.
Examples of use of WAIL
1. Every morning, sirens wail just downriver from the dam.
2. The passersby moved on and the sirens continued to wail.
3. The camel cries out the mournful wail of a dying animal.
4. Max was strangely quiet; there was no loud wail to signal his entry into the world.
5. Gunfire rang out across the capital, and the wail of police and ambulance sirens seemed incessant.