What is the meaning of roaring?

noun

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
  • 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"

adverb

  • Extremely.
    • usage: "roaring drunk"
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