wail: Meaning and Definition of

wail

1. to express deep sorrow for; mourn; lament; bewail: to wail the dead; to wail one's fate.
2. to express in wailing; cry or say in lamentation: to wail one's grief.

1. the act of wailing.
2. a wailing cry, as of grief, pain, or despair.
3. any similar mournful sound: the wail of an old tune.