Word Meanings - ROARING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See Roar, v. i., 5. (more info) 1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person

Additional info about word: ROARING

An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See Roar, v. i., 5. (more info) 1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation.

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