roaring
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
a loud, deep cry or sound or a series of such sounds.
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of horses, caused by respiratory obstruction or vocal cord paralysis, and characterized by loud or rough breathing sounds.
making or causing a roar, as an animal or thunder.
brisk or highly successful, as trade: He did a roaring business selling watches to tourists.
characterized by noisy, disorderly behavior; boisterous; riotous: roaring revelry.
complete; utter; out-and-out: a roaring idiot; a roaring success.
very; extremely: roaring drunk.
Origin of roaring
1Other words from roaring
- roar·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use roaring in a sentence
"And the commander of that Hun craft knows that we are approaching," Darrin commented, as the "Grigsby" raced roaringly forward.
Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers | H. Irving Hancock
British Dictionary definitions for roaring
/ (ˈrɔːrɪŋ) /
informal very brisk and profitable (esp in the phrase a roaring trade)
the roaring days Australian the period of the Australian goldrushes
Irish derogatory, informal (intensifier): a roaring communist
noisily or boisterously (esp in the phrase roaring drunk)
a loud prolonged cry
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: Compare whistling
Derived forms of roaring
- roaringly, adverb
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