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noun
1.
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
2.
a loud, deep cry or sound or a series of such sounds.
3.
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of horses, caused by respiratory obstruction or vocal cord paralysis, and characterized by loud or rough breathing sounds.
adjective
4.
making or causing a roar, as an animal or thunder.
5.
brisk or highly successful, as trade: He did a roaring business selling watches to tourists.
6.
characterized by noisy, disorderly behavior; boisterous; riotous: roaring revelry.
7.
complete; utter; out-and-out: a roaring idiot; a roaring success.
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Roaring
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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adverb
8.
very; extremely: roaring drunk.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to utter a loud, deep cry or howl, as in excitement, distress, or anger.
2.
to laugh loudly or boisterously: to roar at a joke.
3.
to make a loud sound or din, as thunder, cannon, waves, or wind.
4.
to function or move with a loud, deep sound, as a vehicle: The automobile roared away.
5.
to make a loud noise in breathing, as a horse.
verb (used with object)
6.
to utter or express in a roar: to roar denials.
7.
to bring, put, make, etc., by roaring: to roar oneself hoarse.
noun
8.
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person: the roar of a lion.
9.
a loud, confused, constant noise or sound; din; clamor: the roar of the surf; the roar of lively conversation from the crowded party.
10.
a loud outburst: a roar of laughter; a roar of approval from the audience.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English roren (v.), Old English rārian; cognate with Old High German rēren to bellow
before 900; Middle English roren (v.), Old English rārian; cognate with Old High German rēren to bellow
Related forms
roar·er, noun
out·roar, verb (used with object)
un·der·roar·er, noun
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| roaring (ˈrɔːrɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | informal very brisk and profitable (esp in the phrase a roaring trade) |
| 2. | (Austral) the roaring days the period of the Australian goldrushes |
| 3. | derogatory, informal (Irish) (intensifier): a roaring communist |
| —adv | |
| 4. | noisily or boisterously (esp in the phrase roaring drunk) |
| —n | |
| 5. | a loud prolonged cry |
| 6. | Compare whistling a debilitating breathing defect of horses characterized by rasping sounds with each breath: caused by inflammation of the respiratory tract or obstruction of the larynx |
| 'roaringly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
roar
O.E. rarian, probably of imitative origin (cf. M.Du. reeren, Ger. röhren "to roar;" Skt. ragati "barks;" Lith. reju "to scold;" O.C.S. revo "I roar;" L. raucus "hoarse"). The noun is attested from late 14c. Roaring forties in reference to exceptional rough seas between latitudes 40 and 50 south,
EXPANDis attested from 1867.
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