ROAR

bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl

(noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); “his bellow filled the hallway”

boom, roar, roaring, thunder

(noun) a deep prolonged loud noise

roar

(noun) the sound made by a lion

roar, howl

(verb) laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

thunder, roar

(verb) utter words loudly and forcefully; “‘Get out of here,’ he roared”

roar, howl

(verb) make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; “The wind was howling in the trees”; “The water roared down the chute”

howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup

(verb) emit long loud cries; “wail in self-pity”; “howl with sorrow”

bellow, roar

(verb) make a loud noise, as of animal; “The bull bellowed”

roar

(verb) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

roar (third-person singular simple present roars, present participle roaring, simple past and past participle roared)

(intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.

• {1590 Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene Bk 1, Canto VI, XXIV, lines 6&7}

Generally, of inanimate objects etc, to make a loud resounding noise.

(figuratively) To proceed vigorously.

(transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

To be boisterous; to be disorderly.

To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.

(British Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) to cry

Noun

roar (plural roars)

A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.

The cry of the lion.

The deep cry of the bull.

A loud resounding noise.

A show of strength or character.

Anagrams

• Raro, orra

Source: Wiktionary

Roar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared; p. pr. & vvb. n. Roaring.] Etym: [OE. roren, raren, AS. rarian; akin to G. röhten, OHG. r. sq. root112.]

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. Roaring bulls he would him make to tame. Spenser.

(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger. Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief. Dryden. He scorned to roar under the impressions of a finite anger. South.

2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like. The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar. Milton. How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar. Gay.

3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly. It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance. Bp. Burnet.

4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.

5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2. 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 40º and 50º north latitude.

Roar, v. t.

Definition: To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly. This last action will roar thy infamy. Ford.

Roar, n.

Definition: 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. Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar! Byron.

(d) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth. Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar of laughter. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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