Roar — Defs

01 v. i. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.

imp. & p. p. Roared; p. pr. & vvb. n. Roaring

1.
To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.
“Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.” — Spenser.
2.
To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
“Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.” — Dryden.

“He scorned to roar under the impressions of a finite anger.” — South.
3.
To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.
“The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.” — Milton.

“How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.” — Gay.
4.
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
“It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.” — Bp. Burnet.
5.
To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.
6.
To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2. See: Roaring

Phrases & compounds

Roaring boy — a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows who raised disturbances in the street.

Roaring forties — a sailor's name for the stormy tract of ocean between 40° and 50° north latitude.

02 v. t. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

1.
To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
“This last action will roar thy infamy.” — Ford.

03 n. The sound of roaring.

1.
The sound of roaring.
“Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar!” — Byron.
2.
A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
“Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar of laughter.” — Macaulay.