Found 3 items, similar to roaring.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: roaring
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: roaring
roaring
adj 1: very lively and profitable;
“flourishing businesses”;
“a
palmy time for stockbrokers”;
“a prosperous new
business”;
“doing a roaring trade”;
“a thriving
tourist center”;
“did a thriving business in orchids”
[syn:
booming,
flourishing,
palmy,
prospering,
prosperous,
thriving]
2: loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn:
deafening,
earsplitting,
thunderous,
thundery]
n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn:
boom,
roar,
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,
yowl]
adv : extremely;
“roaring drunk”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Roaring
Roaring
\Roar"ing\, n.
1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of
a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy
congregation.
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2. (Far.) An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a
loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the
making of the noise so caused. See
Roar, v. i., 5.
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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?r?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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