Usually means: Loud, prolonged cry of sorrow.
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  1. wail: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. wail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wail: Collins English Dictionary
  5. wail: Vocabulary.com
  6. Wail, wail: Wordnik
  7. wail: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. wail: Wiktionary
  9. wail: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. wail: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. wail: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. wail: Dictionary.com
  13. wail (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. wail: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. WAIL: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Wail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. wail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. wail: Rhymezone
  19. wail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. wail: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. wail: Free Dictionary
  22. wail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. wail: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. wail: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. wail: Legal dictionary

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  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
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  3. WAIL: Acronym Finder
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  1. wail, wail: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See wailed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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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