Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which roars.
- noun Specifically— A noisy, riotous person; a roaring boy or girl. See roaring, p. a. [Old London slang.]
- noun One who shouts or bawls.
- noun A broken-winded horse. See
roaring , n., 2. - noun Same as
bull-roarer . - noun A gas-well from which, a large quantity of gas flows noisily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, roars.
- noun A riotous fellow; a roaring boy.
- noun (Far.) A horse subject to roaring. See
Roaring , 2. - noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The barn owl.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
roars . - noun archaic One of a group of young men who would
carouse intaverns , then pickbrawls on the street for entertainment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
Etymologies
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Examples
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a thing we called a roarer; I don't know whether they have such things now.
Margaret Montfort Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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_Irishman_ (_discussing "roarer" recently purchased by P. - W.S. _).
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920 Various
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_Whistling_ is only one of the variations of the sound emitted by a horse called a "roarer," and therefore needs no further notice, except to remind the reader that a whistling sound may be produced during an attack of severe sore throat or inflammation of the larynx, which passes away with the disease that causes it.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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"roarer" is either to make him pull a load rapidly up a hill or over a sandy road or soft ground; or, if he is a saddle horse, gallop him up a hill or over soft ground.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Shahal (the "roarer"), the mature lion (Job 4: 10; Ps. 91: 13;
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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The lion on the pedestal implies that Nadini, or “roarer” may be her true name.
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Commerzbank, what a rip-roarer of a day, up more than 6 percent.
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So he was due in at 8:40pm and I waited a long time at the airport in the middle of a rip roarer storm.
Archive 2007-08-01 Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2007
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So he was due in at 8:40pm and I waited a long time at the airport in the middle of a rip roarer storm.
Airport Snafu and Mermaids Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2007
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Still the unconquerable superstition that now seeks to tell fortunes by the cards, and, in your time, resorted to the sorceress with her magical “bull-roarer” or turndun.
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