Wail | Mean of wail in English Dictionary

/ˈweɪl/

• Verb
• to make a loud, long cry of sadness or pain
1. The child started wailing after she stumbled and fell.
• to make a long, high sound
1. A saxophone wailed in the background.
2. We could hear a siren wailing. = We could hear the wailing of a siren.
• to complain in a loud voice
1. “No! I don't want to go!” he wailed.
2. She wailed that the vacation was ruined.
• Noun

• a long cry of sadness or pain
1. a wail of sadness/despair
• a long, high sound
1. the wail of a siren