roar
n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar,
roaring, thunder]
2: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his
bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing,
holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar,
roaring, yowl]
3: the sound made by a lion
v 1: make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The
wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the
chute" [syn: roar, howl]
2: utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he
roared" [syn: thunder, roar]
3: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
[syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup]
4: act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way;
"desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over
the town"-R.A.Billington
5: make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed" [syn:
bellow, roar]
6: laugh unrestrainedly and heartily [syn: roar, howl]
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Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared; p. pr. & vvb. n.
Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G.
r["o]hten, OHG. r[=e]r[=e]n. [root]112.]
1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically:
(a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or
other beast.
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Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
--Spenser.
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(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
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Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
--Dryden.
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He scorned to roar under the impressions of a
finite anger. --South.
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2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing
vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or
the like.
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The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
--Milton.
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How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
--Gay.
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3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
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It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
--Bp. Burnet.
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4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers
roared at his jokes.
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5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a
certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
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Roaring boy, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the
latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows
who raised disturbances in the street. "Two roaring boys
of Rome, that made all split." --Beau. & Fl.
Roaring forties (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy
tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.
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Roar \Roar\, n.
The sound of roaring. Specifically:
(a) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a
lion.
(b) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.
(c) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a
cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.
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Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar!
--Byron.
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(d) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
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Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar
of laughter. --Macaulay.
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