wails
Because it is a word with a single syllable, wails is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofwails
- A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
Example: "She let out a loud, doleful wail."
- Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
Example: "A bird's wail in the night."
- A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
- To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
- To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
- To make a noise like mourning or crying.
Example: "The wind wailed and the rain streamed down."
- To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
Example: "to wail one's death"
- To perform with great liveliness and force.
- To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
- To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
- To choose, select.
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