Bellowing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The sound produced when someone or something bellows
"The cries of applause and derision from the spectators, and the formidable bellowings of the exasperated monks who surrounded Pachymius, did not tend to steady his nerves, or render the task of critical discrimination the easier."
- 2 a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bellow form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Two he-goats, belonging to his herd, were jealous of one another, and at last engaged in fight, butting at each other so violently that one of them had a horn broken, and ran away in great pain, bellowing loudly."
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