Bawl-baby is an informal and slightly old-fashioned term for a crybaby — someone who cries excessively or at the slightest provocation, or more broadly someone who complains and whines without taking action.
Bawl-baby is an informal and slightly old-fashioned term for a crybaby — someone who cries excessively or at the slightest provocation, or more broadly someone who complains and whines without taking action. It is more emphatic than 'crybaby,' with 'bawl' (to cry loudly and openly) intensifying the image. Typically used in a dismissive or mocking tone, most often applied to children but also used figuratively for adults.
Stop being a bawl-baby about the referee's call — your team played poorly and you know it.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(slang) A crybaby.
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