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roar

UK/ˈɹɔː/ US/ˈɹoɹ/ fairly common informal uk
verb (6) noun (3)

verb

1.

make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles

  • “The wind was howling in the trees”
  • “The water roared down the chute”
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2.

utter words loudly and forcefully

  • “Get out of here,”
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3.

emit long loud cries

  • “wail in self-pity”
  • “howl with sorrow”
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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”
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6.

noun

1.
2.

a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

  • “his bellow filled the hallway”
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3.

the sound made by a lion

Origin

From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairōn, from Proto-Germanic *rairōną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).

Phrases

  • die roaring from verb or noun
  • die roaring for a priest from verb or noun
  • roar ahead from verb or noun
  • roar away from verb or noun
  • roar back from verb or noun
  • roaring boy from verb or noun
  • roaring cat from verb or noun
  • roaring drunk from verb or noun

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