roaring
pronunciation
How to pronounce roaring in British English:
UK [ˈrɔ:rɪŋ]
How to pronounce roaring in American English:
US [ˈrɔrɪŋ, ˈror-]
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- Noun:
- a deep prolonged loud noise
- a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
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- Adjective:
- very lively and profitable
- loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
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- Adverb:
- extremely
Word Origin
- roaring (adj.)
- late 14c., present participle adjective from roar (v.). Used of periods of years characterized by noisy revelry, especially roaring twenties (1930); but also, in Britain, roaring fifties (1892). Roaring forties in reference to exceptional rough seas between latitudes 40 and 50 south, is attested from 1841.
Example
- 1. Which would have to be called a roaring success .
- 2. And beside the beach is a roaring steel mill .
- 3. The roaring of the storm was heard because a storm was really raging .
- 4. Crime rose during the roaring twenties then fell in the depression .
- 5. The wave was roaring towards them at an unbelievable speed .