roaring

[ rawr-ing, rohr- ]

noun

1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
2. a loud, deep cry or sound or a series of such sounds.
3. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of horses, caused by respiratory obstruction or vocal cord paralysis, and characterized by loud or rough breathing sounds.

adjective

1. making or causing a roar, as an animal or thunder.
2. brisk or highly successful, as trade:

   He did a roaring business selling watches to tourists.

3. characterized by noisy, disorderly behavior; boisterous; riotous:

   roaring revelry.

4. complete; utter; out-and-out:

   a roaring idiot; a roaring success.

adverb

1. very; extremely:

   roaring drunk.

roaring

/ ˈrɔːrɪŋ /

adjective

1. informal.
   very brisk and profitable (esp in the phrase a roaring trade )
2. the roaring days
   the period of the Australian goldrushes
3. derogatory.
   (intensifier)

   a roaring communist

adverb

1. noisily or boisterously (esp in the phrase roaring drunk )

noun

1. a loud prolonged cry
2. a debilitating breathing defect of horses characterized by rasping sounds with each breath: caused by inflammation of the respiratory tract or obstruction of the larynx Compare whistling

Derived Forms

• ˈroaringly, adverb

Other Words From

• roaring·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of roaring¹

before 1000; Middle English roryng (noun, adj.), Old English rarung (noun). See roar, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

His side lost 3-2 to Poland despite roaring back from 2-0 down at half-time.

From BBC

All of this is in spite of the American economy being literally "the envy of the world" with a robust job market that hasn't been seen since the 1960s, roaring markets, high consumer spending on durable goods and travel and what would normally be considered a very reasonable inflation rate.

From Salon

In some of the most heavily Latino corners of the country voters came out roaring for Trump.

From Los Angeles Times

Before him, more than 40,000 fans began roaring in appreciation.

From Los Angeles Times

"They came from all quarters. Union, non-union, African American, Hispanic American," he told a roaring crowd.

From BBC

Related Words

• boisterous
• booming
• clamorous
• crashing
• deafening
• earsplitting
• raucous
• resounding
• ringing
• rowdy
• thundering
• tumultuous
• turbulent