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up⋅roar
[uhp-rawr, -rohr] 
–noun
| 1. | a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil. |
| 2. | an instance of this. |
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| up·roar (ŭp'rôr', -rōr') n.
[Probably by folk etymology from Middle Low German uprōr : up-, up (from up); see upo in Indo-European roots + rōr, motion; see kerə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Uproar
Up"roar\, n. [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. opr["o]r, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hr?ran to stir, hr?r stirring, active, G. r["u]hren to stir, OHG. ruoren, Icel. hr[ae]ra, Dan. r["o]re, Sw. r["o]ra. Cf. Rearmouse.] Note: [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.] Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. --Acts xvii. 5.Uproar
Up*roar"\, v. t. To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] "Uproar the universal peace." --Shak.Uproar
Up*roar"\, v. i. To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Language Translation for : uproar
Spanish:
alboroto, jaleo, algarabía,
German:
der Aufruhr,
Japanese:
大騒ぎ
uproar
1526, used by Tindale and later Coverdale as a loan-translation of Ger. Aufruhr or Du. oproer "tumult, riot," lit. "a stirring up," in Ger. and Du. Bibles (cf. Acts xxi:38), "outbreak of disorder, revolt, commotion," from Ger. auf (M.Du. op) "up" + ruhr (M.Du. roer) "a stirring, motion," related to O.E. hreran "to move, stir, shake." Meaning "noisy shouting" is first recorded 1544, probably by mistaken association with unrelated roar. First record of uproarious is from 1819.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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uproar
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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