roaring

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Intensive

   Intensive; extreme.

2. 2

   Very successful

   Very successful; lively.

   • The ice-cream sellers did a roaring trade in the midday heat.
   • But finally we came to a river with hundreds of boats upon it, and there was a magnificent bridge, and on the other bank was a roaring city, and through the fog the rain came down thick as the tears of the angels. "That 's London," said I.
   • Things looked bleak until Gutenberg had a moment of inspiration that not only solved his problem but also got the Renaissance off to a roaring start and simultaneously created of^([sic]) the pornography industry as we know it today.
3. 3

   present participle and gerund of roar

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   1. 4

      A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast

      A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar.

      • […] those wild eyes that watch the wave In roarings round the coral reef.
   2. 5

      An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing…

      An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion.

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