roaring

[ rawr-ing, rohr- ]
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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.

  1. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of horses, caused by respiratory obstruction or vocal cord paralysis, and characterized by loud or rough breathing sounds.

adjective
  1. making or causing a roar, as an animal or thunder.

  2. brisk or highly successful, as trade: He did a roaring business selling watches to tourists.

  1. characterized by noisy, disorderly behavior; boisterous; riotous: roaring revelry.

  2. complete; utter; out-and-out: a roaring idiot; a roaring success.

adverb
  1. very; extremely: roaring drunk.

Origin of roaring

1
before 1000; Middle English roryng (noun, adj.), Old English rarung (noun). See roar, -ing1, -ing2

Other 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.

British Dictionary definitions for roaring

roaring

/ (ˈrɔːrɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. informal very brisk and profitable (esp in the phrase a roaring trade)

  2. the roaring days Australian the period of the Australian goldrushes

  1. Irish derogatory, informal (intensifier): a roaring communist

adverb
  1. noisily or boisterously (esp in the phrase roaring drunk)

noun
  1. a loud prolonged cry

  2. 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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