Roar
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /rÉ”Ë/
- US enPR: rôr, IPA: /roÊŠr/, /rÉ”Ër/
- Rhymes: -É”Ë(r)
Origin
Old English rÄrian, from . Cognate with German röhren.
Full definition of roar
Verb
- (intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- DrydenSole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief. - To laugh in a particularly loud manner.The audience roared at his jokes.
- Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas.
- SpenserRoaring bulls he would him make to tame.
- Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
- MiltonThe brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
- GrayHow oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
- (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
- 2011, January 25, Phil McNulty, Blackpool 2-3 Man Utd, United's attempt to extend their unbeaten league sequence to 23 games this season looked to be in shreds as the Seasiders - managed by Ian Holloway - roared into a fully deserved two-goal lead at the interval.
- (transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
- FordThis last action will roar thy infamy.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 7, I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!†and “Hello!†at the top of my lungs. … The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!†and “Hello!†like the bull of Bashan.
- To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
- Bishop BurnetIt was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
- To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
Noun
roar
(plural roars)- A long, loud, deep shout made with the mouth wide open.
- The cry of the lion.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of OzThe Winkies were not a brave people, but they had to do as they were told. So they marched away until they came near to Dorothy. Then the Lion gave a great roar and sprang towards them, and the poor Winkies were so frightened that they ran back as fast as they could.
- The deep cry of the bull.
- A loud resounding noise.the roar of a motorbike
- 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 107:"Those lovely valleys and mountains were filled throughout the day and night with the roar of heavy shooting."
- A show of strength or character.