Bellowing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bellow \Bel"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bellowed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Bellowing}.] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr.
     bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep,
     OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. {Bell}, n. &
     v., {Bawl}, {Bull}.]
     1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.


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     2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. --Dryden.
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     3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when
        violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
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              The bellowing voice of boiling seas.  --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bellowing
       n : a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his
           bellow filled the hallway" [syn: {bellow}, {holla}, {holler},
            {hollering}, {hollo}, {holloa}, {roar}, {roaring}, {yowl}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "bellowing":
     abandoned, amok, berserk, carried away, delirious, demoniac,
     distracted, ecstatic, enraptured, feral, ferocious, fierce,
     frantic, frenzied, fulminating, furious, haggard, hog-wild,
     howling, hysterical, in a transport, in hysterics, intoxicated,
     mad, madding, maniac, orgasmic, orgiastic, possessed, rabid,
     raging, ramping, ranting, raving, ravished, roaring, running mad,
     storming, transported, uncontrollable, violent, wild, wild-eyed,
     wild-looking