roaring

[ rawr-ing, rohr- ]

/ ˈrɔr ɪŋ, ˈroʊr- /

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noun

the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.

a loud, deep cry or sound or a series of such sounds.

Veterinary Pathology. a disease of horses, caused by respiratory obstruction or vocal cord paralysis, and characterized by loud or rough breathing sounds.

adjective

making or causing a roar, as an animal or thunder.

brisk or highly successful, as trade: He did a roaring business selling watches to tourists.

characterized by noisy, disorderly behavior; boisterous; riotous: roaring revelry.

complete; utter; out-and-out: a roaring idiot; a roaring success.

adverb

very; extremely: roaring drunk.

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Origin of roaring

before 1000; Middle English roryng (noun, adj.), Old English rarung (noun). See roar, -ing¹, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM roaring

roar·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby roaring

roan, Roanoke, Roanoke Island, Roanoke Rapids, roar, roaring, roaring forties, Roaring Twenties, roarming, roar up, roast

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How to use roaring in a sentence

Since securing the GOP nomination at a May convention, Youngkin’s paid media has played down his conservative politics, reintroducing him to voters as a successful businessman and non-politician who’ll create a “rip-roaring economy.”
The Trailer: Based or cringe? A new way of explaining the same old political brawls|David Weigel|July 13, 2021|Washington Post
We may be headed for a post-pandemic roaring ’20s, but right now the vibe is more 1950s American suburbia.
Hula hoops are the latest 1950s fad resurrected by the pandemic|Lila MacLellan|April 4, 2021|Quartz
I am health psychologist who developed a method that harnesses our rip-roaring emotions to rapidly switch off stress and activate positive emotions instead.
Boost your mood with emotional brain training|By Laurel Mellin/The Conversation|January 4, 2021|Popular-Science
He gave a rip-roaring and revealing interview to Maureen Dowd of The New York Times.
Does Elon Musk even need a PR department?|Adam Lashinsky|October 8, 2020|Fortune

Bitcoin began 2013 with a roaring price of $770 per unit, and businesses right and left were converting to the ethereal product.
You Were Wrong About Miley & Bitcoin: 2014’s Failed Predictions|Nina Strochlic|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The younger brother would try everything in his power from a distance to subdue the roaring flames of passion.
Decoding Vincent Van Gogh’s Tempestuous, Fragile Mind|Nick Mafi|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
U.S. warplanes roaring overhead unleashed missiles and precision-guided bombs, but they could do nothing to solve this problem.
When ISIS Is An Excuse For A Police State|Jamie Dettmer|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our stereotype of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ is cocaine, nightclubs, and flapper girls.
Sarah Waters: Queen of the Tortured Lesbian Romance|Tim Teeman|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If the goal was to get 'em talking, last Sunday night's Miss America competition was a roaring success.
The Real Housewives of Miss America|Kate Shindle|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Never did I feel leaving anybody or any place so much, and Berlin seems to me like a great roaring wilderness.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
On the other side the ammonia brought out a picture of the Victory, with the head of a roaring lion below it.
Uncanny Tales|Various
The door banged shut behind him and I heard him at the foot of the stairs roaring "Ho-ho-there-ho!"
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Instantly there rose before him the vision of a black torrent roaring through the tunnel.
Uncanny Tales|Various
The sound of roaring died away, and an atmosphere of still and utter cold established itself over all.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for roaring

roaring

/ (ˈrɔːrɪŋ) /

adjective

informal very brisk and profitable (esp in the phrase a roaring trade)

the roaring days Australian the period of the Australian goldrushes

Irish derogatory, informal (intensifier)a roaring communist

adverb

noisily or boisterously (esp in the phrase roaring drunk)

noun

a loud prolonged cry

a debilitating breathing defect of horses characterized by rasping sounds with each breath: caused by inflammation of the respiratory tract or obstruction of the larynxCompare whistling

Derived forms of roaring

roaringly, adverb

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