Roar

5 definitions found

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

  Roar \Roar\, v. t.
     To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
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           This last action will roar thy infamy.   --Ford.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  roar
       n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: {boom}, {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}, {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: {howl}]
       2: utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he
          roared" [syn: {thunder}]
       3: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
          sorrow" [syn: {howl}, {ululate}, {wail}, {yawl}]
       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}]
       6: laugh unrestrainedly and heartily [syn: {howl}]

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

  248 Moby Thesaurus words for "roar":
     Bedlam let loose, assault, attack, barbarize, bark, batter,
     battle cry, bawl, bay, be in stitches, be noisy, bedlam, bell,
     bellow, blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, bluster,
     bobbery, boom, booming, brawl, bray, break up, breathe, brouhaha,
     brutalize, burn, burst into laughter, burst out,
     burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, butcher, buzz,
     cachinnate, cackle, call, cannonade, carry on, caterwaul, chant,
     charivari, cheer, chirm, chirp, chortle, chuckle, clamor, clangor,
     clap, clatter, commotion, coo, crow, cry, declaim, destroy, din,
     discord, donnybrook, drawl, drunken brawl, dustup, exclaim, flap,
     flute, fracas, free-for-all, gasp, giggle, give tongue, give voice,
     go into convulsions, go on, grimace, groan, growl, growling,
     grumble, grunt, guffaw, ha-ha, hail, halloo, ham, ham it up,
     hammer, hee-haw, hee-hee, hell broke loose, hiss, ho-ho, holler,
     hollo, hoot, horselaugh, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo,
     hurrah, jangle, keen, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright,
     lay waste, lilt, loot, loud noise, low, maffick, make a noise,
     make a racket, make an uproar, maul, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan,
     moo, mug, mumble, murmur, mutter, nearly die laughing, neigh,
     nicker, noise, noise and shouting, out, out-herod Herod, outburst,
     outcry, overact, overdramatize, pandemonium, pant, peal, pillage,
     pipe, pule, racket, rage, raise Cain, raise a clamor, raise hell,
     raise the devil, raise the roof, rallying cry, ramp, rampage, rant,
     rape, rattle, rave, rebound, repercuss, reverberate, rhubarb, riot,
     roar with laughter, roaring, roll, row, ruckus, ruction, ruin,
     rumble, rumpus, sack, savage, screak, scream, screech,
     shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shindy, shivaree, shout,
     shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, slaughter, snap, snarl, snarling,
     snicker, snigger, snort, sob, sough, sow chaos, split,
     split with laughter, spout, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, storm,
     tear, tear around, tee-hee, terrorize, throw away, thunder,
     thunderclap, tintamarre, titter, troat, trumpet, tumult, twang,
     ululate, underact, uproar, vandalize, violate, vociferate, wail,
     war cry, war whoop, warble, whicker, whine, whinny, whisper,
     whistle, whoop, whoop it up, wreck, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell,
     yelp, yip, yo-ho, yowl, yuk-yuk