roaring

roaring
roaringly, adv.
/rawr"ing, rohr"-/, n.
1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
2. a loud, deep cry or sound or a series of such sounds.
3. Vet. Pathol. a disease of horses, caused by respiratory obstruction or vocal cord paralysis, and characterized by loud or rough breathing sounds.
adj.
4. making or causing a roar, as an animal or thunder.
5. brisk or highly successful, as trade: He did a roaring business selling watches to tourists.
6. characterized by noisy, disorderly behavior; boisterous; riotous: roaring revelry.
7. complete; utter; out-and-out: a roaring idiot; a roaring success.
adv.
8. very; extremely: roaring drunk.
[bef. 1000; ME roryng (n., adj.), OE rarung (n.). See ROAR, -ING1, -ING2]

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