roar
/rɔ:/
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Definition
Noun:
- A loud, deep, often prolonged sound made by a large animal, especially a lion: The characteristic vocalization of certain animals.
- A very loud, powerful, and often chaotic noise: A deep, prolonged sound produced by things like engines, crowds, wind, or water.
- A loud, unrestrained utterance, such as a shout or laugh: A boisterous vocal expression from a person or group.
Verb:
- To make a loud, deep, and often prolonged sound: This applies to animals, natural forces, or machines.
- To laugh loudly and without restraint: To express amusement with a very loud, hearty laugh.
- To shout or yell something very loudly and forcefully: To utter words with great volume and intensity.
- To move or proceed in a very noisy, turbulent, or disorderly manner: To act with great commotion and force.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The roar of the lion could be heard across the savanna.
- The roar of the jet engines was deafening.
- His joke was met with a roar of laughter from the audience.
Verb:
- The lion will roar to mark its territory.
- The crowd began to roar with excitement when the band appeared.
- "Silence!" he roared at the noisy children.
- The wind roared through the mountain pass all night.
Advanced Usage
"to roar with laughter": to laugh very loudly and heartily.
- The comedian was so funny that the entire theater roared with laughter.
"to roar into life": (of an engine or machine) to start suddenly with a loud, powerful noise.
- The old motorcycle roared into life after a few kicks.
"in full roar": at the peak of making a loud, continuous noise.
- The stadium was in full roar during the final minutes of the game.
Variants and Related Words
- Roaring (adj/n): Making or characterized by a loud, deep sound. Also used to describe a period of great activity or success (e.g., ).
- We sat by the roaring fire.
- Roarer (n): A person or thing that roars.
Synonyms
- Noun: bellow, rumble, thunder, howl, clamor.
- Verb: bellow, thunder, howl, yell, shout, guffaw (for laughter).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Roar out: to shout or sing something very loudly.
- The fans roared out the team's anthem.
- Roar away: to depart noisily or at high speed.
- The car roared away from the traffic lights.
Related Idioms
- Do a roaring trade: to sell a lot of goods or services very quickly; to be very busy and successful in business.
- The ice cream shop does a roaring trade on hot summer days.
Noun
- the sound made by a lion
- a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
- his bellow filled the hallway
- a deep prolonged loud noise
Verb
- laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
- make a loud noise, as of animal
- The bull bellowed
- 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
- emit long loud cries
- wail in self-pity
- howl with sorrow
- utter words loudly and forcefully
- `Get out of here,' he roared
- make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
- The wind was howling in the trees
- The water roared down the chute