blare

[blair] verb, blared, blar·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
verb (used with object)
2.
to sound loudly; proclaim noisily: We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.
noun
3.
a loud, raucous noise: The blare of the band made conversation impossible.
4.
glaring intensity of light or color: A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.
5.
fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance: a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.
6.
Eastern New England. the bawl of a calf.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blaren, Middle Low German blarren, Middle High German blerren (German plärren)


1, 3. blast, bellow, roar, clang, clamor; screech, honk.
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blare (blɛə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to sound loudly and harshly
2.  to proclaim loudly and sensationally
 
n
3.  a loud and usually harsh or grating noise
 
[C14: from Middle Dutch bleren; of imitative origin]

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Word Origin & History

blare
late 14c., bleren "to wail," possibly from an unrecorded O.E. *blæren, or from M.Du. bleren "to bleat, cry, bawl, shout." Probably echoic, either way.

blaring
mid-15c., from blare. Of things other than sounds, from 1866.
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Example sentences
The current method of summoning help involve speakers constantly blaring loud
  beeping sound both day and night.
He was called to the neighborhood after residents reported a pickup circling
  round and round, blaring loud music.
People gather for rallies in the city's muddy back streets, surrounded by cars
  blaring music.
Radio blaring, damaging the already tender speakers.
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