To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
She let out a loud, doleful wail.
Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
The wail of snow-dark winter winds.
A locality in the Rural City of Horsham, western Victoria, Australia.
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 wā (“woe”) (English woe)), from P...
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A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.