blare

blare
/blair/, v., blared, blaring, n.
v.i.
1. to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
v.t.
2. to sound loudly; proclaim noisily: We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.
n.
3. a loud, raucous noise: The blare of the band made conversation impossible.
4. glaring intensity of light or color: A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.
5. fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance: a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.
6. Eastern New Eng. the bawl of a calf.
[1400-50; late ME bleren; akin to MD blaren, MLG blarren, MHG blerren (G plärren)]
Syn. 1, 3. blast, bellow, roar, clang, clamor; screech, honk.

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