noun
- A deep prolonged loud noise.
- A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal. )
- usage: "his bellow filled the hallway"
verb
- Make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles.
- usage: "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute"
- Utter words loudly and forcefully.
- usage: "`Get out of here,' he roared"
- Emit long loud cries.
- usage: "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
- 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
- synonyms: roar
- Make a loud noise, as of animal.
- usage: "The bull bellowed"
- Laugh unrestrainedly and heartily.
adjective
- Very lively and profitable.
- usage: "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
- synonyms: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, thriving
adverb
- Extremely.
- usage: "roaring drunk"
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