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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : rawr, rohr
Phonetic Transcription : rɔr, roʊr



Definition of roar

Origin :
  • Old English rarian "roar, wail, lament, bellow, cry," probably of imitative origin (cf. Middle Dutch reeren, German röhren "to roar;" Sanskrit ragati "barks;" Lithuanian reju "to scold;" Old Church Slavonic revo "I roar;" Latin raucus "hoarse"). Related: Roared; roaring.
  • noun growl, howl
  • noun laugh loudly
  • verb growl, howl
Example sentences :
  • This was responded to by a roar of satisfaction from the crowd below.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • The sound in her ear had grown to a roar, as of many mill-wheels.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Not from the street, for all beside was still; even the roar of London was hushed!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Rain fell in torrents; the crashing thunder was like the roar of artillery.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • I am sick in my soul of narrow apartments and wheels and the rush and roar of the city.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The Book is full of the tingle and even the roar of the life out of which it was born.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • At this moment a roar of astonishment came up to them from down the slope.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The sound grew louder, and became like the roar of a high wind.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He slept well, excepting when he was awakened by the roar of a bear or some other wild animal.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • The pier is all but on the bowsprit, and you think you are there—roll, roar, wash!
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

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