waul

Questions about waul

What does waul mean?

waul means "make high-pitched, whiney noises".

How many syllables are in waul?

waul has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for waul?

Close synonyms include squall, wawl. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is waul a common word?

waul is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.