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Roaring

//ˈɹɔːɹɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intensive; extreme. informal

    "“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”"

  2. 2
    Very successful; lively.

    "The ice-cream sellers did a roaring trade in the midday heat."

Adjective
  1. 1
    very lively and profitable wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    extremely (of drunkness) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar. countable, uncountable

    "[…] those wild eyes that watch the wave In roarings round the coral reef."

  2. 2
    a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) wordnet
  3. 3
    An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a deep prolonged loud noise wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of roar form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, roar + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, roar + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, roar + -ing.

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