Search results for 'roar':

roar verb (roared, roaring) 1 intrans said of a lion or other animal: to give a loud growling cry. 2 said of people: a intrans to give a deep loud cry, especially in anger, pain or exhilaration; b to say something with a deep loud cry, especially in anger. 3 intrans to laugh loudly and wildly. 4 intrans said of cannons, busy traffic, wind or waves during a storm, a fiercely burning fire, etc: to make a deep loud reverberating sound. 5 (often roar about, away, past, etc) to move very fast and noisily, usually in a motor vehicle. 6 intrans said of a diseased horse: to make a loud rasping sound when breathing. noun 1 a loud deep prolonged cry, such as that of a lion, a cheering crowd, a person in pain or anger, etc. 2 a loud deep prolonged sound, such as that made by cannons, busy traffic, an engine made to roar, wind or waves during a storm, a fiercely burning fire, etc. roarer noun.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon rarian.