bawl out verb3 •To shout very loudly.The teacher angrily bawled out my name. •To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture to; to reprimand in order to kill.After a mistake like that, there wasn't much to do besides bawl out the offender and clean up. •To have a serious argument accompanied by shouting. formsbawled out · bawling out · bawls out