"roaring" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹɔːɹɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, roar + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|roar|-ing}} By surface analysis, roar + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} roaring
  1. (informal) Intensive; extreme. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-roaring-en-adj-ZG8Oc~Qj Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 12 26 26 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 11 15 29 33 12
  2. Very successful; lively. Synonyms: thriving, prosperous, bustling, prosperous
    Sense id: en-roaring-en-adj-iJ4sDNKW Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 12 26 26 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 11 15 29 33 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: roarin'

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɔːɹɪŋ/ Forms: roarings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, roar + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|roar|-ing}} By surface analysis, roar + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} roaring (countable and uncountable, plural roarings)
  1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a loud, deep, prolonged sound): βρυχηθμός (brukhēthmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), рев (rev) (Bulgarian), Gebrüll [neuter] (German), βρυχηθμός (vrychithmós) (Greek), ουρλιαχτό (ourliachtó) (Greek), ροχαλητό (rochalitó) (Greek), κραυγή (kravgí) (Greek), φωνή θηρίου (foní thiríou) (Greek), φλοίσβος (floísvos) (Greek), μούγκρισμα (moúgkrisma) (Greek), ουρλιαχτό ζώου (ourliachtó zóou) (Greek), βουητό (vouitó) (Greek), βοή (voḯ) (Greek), γέλιο (gélio) (Greek), βράχνιασμα (vráchniasma) (Greek), рикање (rikanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), ഗർജനം (gaṟjanaṁ) (Malayalam), അലർച്ച (alaṟcca) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-roaring-en-noun-JhhrBBBE Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 12 26 26 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 11 15 29 33 12 Disambiguation of 'a loud, deep, prolonged sound': 72 28
  2. An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Veterinary medicine
    Sense id: en-roaring-en-noun-AmIODa7C Disambiguation of Veterinary medicine: 28 9 13 45 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using discouraged character sequences, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 8 16 47 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 9 11 25 33 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 14 23 43 14 Disambiguation of Pages using discouraged character sequences: 10 16 23 38 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 8 14 46 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 8 14 64 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 12 26 26 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 15 23 34 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 14 20 43 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 12 20 39 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 11 15 29 33 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 6 11 19 52 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: roarin'

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹɔːɹɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, roar + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|roar|-ing}} By surface analysis, roar + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} roaring
  1. present participle and gerund of roar Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: roar
    Sense id: en-roaring-en-verb-5H3IlcyR Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 12 26 26 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 11 15 29 33 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: roarin'

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(informal) Intensive; extreme."
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          "ref": "1903, Robert Barr, chapter 17, in The O'Ruddy:",
          "text": "But finally we came to a river with hundreds of boats upon it, and there was a magnificent bridge, and on the other bank was a roaring city, and through the fog the rain came down thick as the tears of the angels. \"That 's London,\" said I.",
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          "ref": "2019 March 13, Drachinifel, 35:45 from the start, in The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned, archived from the original on 2022-12-16:",
          "text": "Some of the worst offenders were rounded up and sent home as Rozhestvensky's health began to recover. But this further diminished the fleet's manpower. And, at the same time, many of the officers were quite-happily unaware that anything was going on, having discovered that Madagascar did a roaring trade in various high-strength drugs. One officer had brought^([sic – meaning bought?]) 2,000 cigarettes, and they were found to all be filled with opium, much to the joy of all those who could get their hands on them before they were confiscated.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Very successful; lively."
      ],
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        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
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          "lively",
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        {
          "word": "thriving"
        },
        {
          "word": "prosperous"
        },
        {
          "word": "bustling"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹɔːɹɪŋ/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɔːɹɪŋ"
    }
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    {
      "word": "roarin'"
    }
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}

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      "word": "die roaring"
    },
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      "word": "hell-roaring"
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      "word": "rip-roaring"
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    {
      "word": "roaring boy"
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      "word": "roaring cat"
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      "word": "roaring drunk"
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    {
      "word": "Roaring Fork River"
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      "word": "roaring forties"
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    {
      "word": "roaring game"
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    {
      "word": "roaringly"
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    {
      "word": "Roaring Meg"
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    {
      "word": "roaring on"
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      "word": "roaring success"
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      "word": "Roaring Twenties"
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          "text": "[…] those wild eyes that watch the wave\nIn roarings round the coral reef.",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rev",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "рев"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gebrüll"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vrychithmós",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "βρυχηθμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ourliachtó",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "ουρλιαχτό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "rochalitó",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "ροχαλητό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kravgí",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "κραυγή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "foní thiríou",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "φωνή θηρίου"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "floísvos",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "φλοίσβος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "moúgkrisma",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "μούγκρισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ourliachtó zóou",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "ουρλιαχτό ζώου"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vouitó",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "βουητό"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "voḯ",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "βοή"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "gélio",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "γέλιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vráchniasma",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "βράχνιασμα"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "brukhēthmós",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "βρυχηθμός"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rikanje",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
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      "word": "рикање"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "gaṟjanaṁ",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "ഗർജനം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "alaṟcca",
      "sense": "a loud, deep, prolonged sound",
      "word": "അലർച്ച"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roaring"
}

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