Usually means: Cried loudly with intense emotion.
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  1. wailed: Merriam-Webster
  2. wailed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wailed: Vocabulary.com
  4. Wailed, wailed: Wordnik
  5. wailed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. wailed: Wiktionary
  7. wailed: Dictionary.com
  8. wailed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Wailed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Wailed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. wailed: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. wailed: FreeDictionary.org

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wail)

verb:  (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
verb:  (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
verb:  (transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
verb:  (slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
noun:  A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
noun:  Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
noun:  A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
verb:  (obsolete) Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”)
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