roar
See also: Roar and róar
English
Etymology
From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairēn, from Proto-Germanic *rairāną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rô, IPA(key): /ɹɔː/
- (General American) enPR: rôr, IPA(key): /ɹɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: rōr, IPA(key): /ɹo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɹoə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophone: raw (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Verb
roar (third-person singular simple present roars, present participle roaring, simple past and past participle roared)
- (intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, OCLC 863244003, page 434:
- Sole on the barren ſands the ſuff'ring chief / Roar'd out for anguiſh, and indulg'd his grief.
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- To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
- The audience roared at his jokes.
- Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
- The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, page 14:
- Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
- Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
- [1716], [John] Gay, “(please specify the page number(s))”, in Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, […], OCLC 13598122:
- How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
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- (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
- 2011 January 25, Phil McNulty, “Blackpool 2-3 Man Utd”, in BBC:
- United's attempt to extend their unbeaten league sequence to 23 games this season looked to be in shreds as the Seasiders - managed by Ian Holloway - roared into a fully deserved two-goal lead at the interval.
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- (transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
- 1639, John Ford, The Lady's Trial
- This last action will roar thy infamy.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
- 1639, John Ford, The Lady's Trial
- To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
- 1724, Gilbert Burnet, History of My Own Time
- It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
- 1724, Gilbert Burnet, History of My Own Time
- To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
- (Britain Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) to cry
- 1886, James Orchard Halliwell, “Third Class: Tales: LX”, in The Nursery Rhymes of England:
- Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
Stole a pig, and away he run!
The pig was eat, and Tom was beat,
And Tom went roaring down the street.
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Translations
to make loud, deep cry of emotion
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to laugh in a particularly loud manner
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of animals, to make a loud deep noise
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to make a loud resounding noise
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to proceed vigorously
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to cry aloud; to proclaim loudly
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to be boisterous; to be disorderly
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to make a loud noise in breathing
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Noun
roar (plural roars)
- A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
- The cry of the lion.
- 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co., OCLC 297099816:
- The Winkies were not a brave people, but they had to do as they were told. So they marched away until they came near to Dorothy. Then the Lion gave a great roar and sprang towards them, and the poor Winkies were so frightened that they ran back as fast as they could.
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- The deep cry of the bull.
- A loud resounding noise.
- the roar of a motorbike
- 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 107:
- "Those lovely valleys and mountains were filled throughout the day and night with the roar of heavy shooting."
- A show of strength or character.
Translations
long, loud, deep shout
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cry of the lion
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deep cry of the bull
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loud resounding noise such as sound of a motorbike or a similar engine
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show of strength or character
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Anagrams
- Raro, orra
Swedish
Verb
roar
- present tense of roa.