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roaring

[ rawr-ing, rohr- ]

noun

  1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
  2. a loud, deep cry or sound or a series of such sounds.
  3. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of horses, caused by respiratory obstruction or vocal cord paralysis, and characterized by loud or rough breathing sounds.


adjective

  1. making or causing a roar, as an animal or thunder.
  2. brisk or highly successful, as trade:

    He did a roaring business selling watches to tourists.

  3. characterized by noisy, disorderly behavior; boisterous; riotous:

    roaring revelry.

  4. complete; utter; out-and-out:

    a roaring idiot; a roaring success.

adverb

  1. very; extremely:

    roaring drunk.

roaring

/ ˈ°ùɔ˰ùɪŋ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    very brisk and profitable (esp in the phrase a roaring trade )
  2. the roaring days
    the period of the Australian goldrushes
  3. derogatory.
    (intensifier)

    a roaring communist

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. noisily or boisterously (esp in the phrase roaring drunk )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a loud prolonged cry
  2. a debilitating breathing defect of horses characterized by rasping sounds with each breath: caused by inflammation of the respiratory tract or obstruction of the larynx Compare whistling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ù´Ç²¹°ù¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù´Ç²¹°ùi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of roaring1

before 1000; Middle English roryng (noun, adj.), Old English rarung (noun). See roar, -ing 1, -ing 2
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White House officials have acknowledged they expect initial turbulence from the tariffs announcements, but Trump has said the disruptions will be worth it when “jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.â€

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Speaking on Wednesday, Trump said: "Pharmaceutical companies are going to be coming roaring back, they're all coming back to our country because if they don't they've got a big tax to pay."

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The Finchingfield Lion pub was packed on a Friday afternoon, with a roaring log burner warming the locals.

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Volunteer fans who had been quiet for much of the first half were on their feet and roaring.

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"I got out and I started shouting and roaring at them, just how dare people come and do this to our business, to our home," the farmer said.

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