ROAR


Meaning of ROAR in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a crowd roars (= shouts in a very excited way )

As the band appeared the crowd roared in approval.

a roaring fire (= a fire that is burning strongly )

I sat by the roaring fire and dried off.

a roar/murmur/chorus of approval

There were murmurs of approval from the crowd.

let out a scream/cry/roar etc

He let out a cry of disbelief.

roar with laughter (= laugh very noisily )

The crowd roared with laughter.

the roar/rumble/hum of traffic

The only noise was the distant rumble of traffic on the coastal road.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

ahead

Banks, builders, brewers, stores and leisure stocks roared ahead .

The shares roared ahead 34p to 633p.

And Sun Microsystems, the Mountain View computer workstation maker, roared ahead 5 to 55.

away

The police car revved up and roared away .

After a nearly 30-minute wait, her bus came, and she smiled and waved as it roared away .

Take off in the Lincoln Continental or roar away out of town in the Transam and it was worse.

We had heard yells and wailing as a car roared away .

That, too, roared away .

The late afternoon sun flashed again on red and chrome as he roared away .

A few moments later Merrill heard his car start, then roar away into the night.

Then as they roared away they machine-gunned the buildings.

back

The County Ground fans were in despair but Swindon roared back with 2 goals in 6 minutes.

But in the nineties that behavior has roared back to life.

Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he hadn't come roaring back by 1992.

Still, the ritzy Back Bay has come roaring back, with historic row houses selling in the millions again.

The pace the pattern was set seconds later, as Oxford roared back with their first attack.

Oakland collected 11 penalties to roar back into the league lead, with 86.

City roared back with tries from Kirkup and Kevin McCallum but it was too late.

With a perversity that the pest has become known for, the gypsy moth came roaring back a couple of years later.

by

And his electrically-powered Sungift 400 buggy was nearly blown over every time a juggernaut roared by .

The train roared by above, the cars blurry blue blocks.

As he roared by , the man never saw me or stopped blabbing into his cellular telephone.

Her small sports car trembled and swayed as the monster roared by .

down

The whole point about chaos is that it roars down on you when you least expect it, like a motorcycle messenger.

This was what it must be like on a toboggan roaring down the snowy slope of a mountainside.

She was watching the road as we roared down a slight incline at all of seventy.

Something roared down in the swamp.

off

The Derby defender was signing autographs outside the ground when he suddenly broke away and roared off home.

Mooney called as they roared off .

We roared off down the road from the village in the direction of the River Orne.

She said something and then he roared off .

The other one jumped into the driver's seat and the car roared off as if they were going to a fire.

Again the Friendship roared off down the harbor, and again the pontoons remained glued to the water.

After she had roared off , it was one of those days when I had the house to myself.

The big trimotor gathered speed and roared off down the harbor for more than a mile but never got close to liftoff.

out

Fire roared out of a metal drum at the roadside.

Miguel roared out of the parking space.

Gloucester were roared out and that was where the hospitality finished.

A speeding subway train startled them as it roared out of its tunnel like a metal earthworm.

The day he stood alone, by himself, without holding on, he roared out his triumph.

Jimmy and Troy ran to their cars, and roared out after them.

The static roared out from the earphones, stronger than ever.

But Polyphemus roared out that he cared not for Zeus.

■ NOUN

approval

You lift the black hat and put the effluent inside, pull his arm and he roars his approval .

The nearly all-white crowd of Christians roared their approval .

The studio audience at the Sally Jessy Raphael show roared approval .

car

The police car revved up and roared away.

The car roared past, its gun still barking as the car made a vicious turn down Longwood.

The other one jumped into the driver's seat and the car roared off as if they were going to a fire.

We had heard yells and wailing as a car roared away.

The car roared past, then continued out of sight.

Jimmy and Troy ran to their cars , and roared out after them.

They stopped at the Zebra Crossing and Pete watched the big lorries and buses and cars roar past.

A few moments later Merrill heard his car start, then roar away into the night.

crowd

Hot on his heels were folk duo Tascam, whose rousing medley had the crowd roaring in appreciation.

The crowd roared , all rooting for Roosevelt.

The crowd roars as Red leaves the court.

The crowd roars . joe smiles.

The nearly all-white crowd of Christians roared their approval.

The crowd roared again, and Sen.

engine

The car engine roared again and the red car moved off but it didn't go far.

Ezra dropped the mooring, the engine roared , the bow rose above the water and the land pulled away.

At the same moment in which they heard the engine roar the things began going off.

fire

The huge fire roaring in the hall beyond the small entrance chamber warmed her not at all.

A huge fire is roaring already.

As he did so, the three fire tenders roared in through the newly created gap.

Inside, a big angry fire is roaring and its flames burn everything in sight until I have another job.

The fire had roared itself out and the ash in the centre flushed up grey with each entry and lay over everything.

laughter

To fill the gap he roared with laughter at his own witty fashion of dealing with ethics.

He roared with laughter and went about his business.

They roar with laughter at the funny bits.

One minute they were sitting there looking self-conscious and the next they were roaring with laughter .

He roared with laughter , and got up to refill his mug.

Mycroft flung back his head and roared with laughter .

She would have roared with laughter .

She roared with laughter , and so did everyone else.

life

It was even Steven in the second half, but towards the end Gloucester roared into life .

But in the nineties that behavior has roared back to life .

I got out, kicked it twice and the baby roared into life .

lion

Amos himself puts the matter with telling simplicity: The lion has roared: who will not fear?

But the lion roaring at the head of the table most often was Joe himself.

Too late, for as they spoke their captive became a lion , roaring and glaring terribly.

rage

In an outhouse the Rottweiler roared his rage at the intrusion.

What toys birds are when stags roar and roar their month-long rage of thunderstorm and waterfall combined.

wind

It was immediately surrounded by a glowing octarine corona as the rising magical wind roared past.

He rolled across the grass and lay for a minute in total, unrelieved darkness, the wind roaring in his ears.

The wind roars , the seas howl.

The wind roared around the house, moving the curtains and rattling pictures on the wall.

He was aware of the wind roaring in his ears and tearing at his clothes.

■ VERB

come

Fiona, two years older than Lisbie, always came roaring to her defence like a lioness protecting her cubs.

To say that events came roaring pell-mell at Brohm is the understatement of the week.

Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he hadn't come roaring back by 1992.

Still, the ritzy Back Bay has come roaring back, with historic row houses selling in the millions again.

Ray came roaring in to get me and we took to each other right away.

With a perversity that the pest has become known for, the gypsy moth came roaring back a couple of years later.

hear

I hear their planes roar overhead, leaving a trail of snow across the sky.

He heard the Rover roar around the corner, accelerate past, then squeal to a stop and whine back in reverse.

Hell, you ought to hear my trucks roar .

At the same moment in which they heard the engine roar the things began going off.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be a roaring success

As this is the framework, the issue will be a roaring success.

The final week of Hamlet was a roaring success.

come to life/roar into life/splutter into life etc

do a roaring trade (in sth)

roaring drunk

They were all roaring drunk and kept singing bawdy songs.

I was twenty-three years old, and he got me roaring drunk.

In some of the villages, apparently, vampire hunters get roaring drunk first.

Never an unwise investment, never stone roaring drunk, never a pass at a secretary.

So that night they celebrated, getting roaring drunk, playing cards and gambling.

roaring fire

A roaring fire was in the grate and the room was pleasantly warm.

He was acutely aware of everything that had gone on in front of the then roaring fire.

I built a roaring fire in the stove and baked some potatoes.

The aristocrats would be the kindling for a roaring fire fueled by the fats of social exploitation.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"Get down and don't move,'' the man roared at her.

"I don't need to listen to this," roared Maxie.

"You idiot!" he roared.

I stood by the waterfall, almost hypnotised by the roaring water.

Suddenly the teacher roared my name across the classroom.

The Ferrari roared and shot off down the road.

The lions roared in their cages.

The wind roared through the forest.

There was the sound of a siren and several police cars roared past.

Traffic roared along the highway.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Audience response is shattering - like a massive, roaring animal.

Balfour slammed his canary-yellow, industrial vacuum truck into gear and roared after the varmint in a cloud of choking brown dust.

Soon they were between vertical walls and the river was roaring mud.

The wind howled and the surf continued to roar as we explored beyond our landing point; we visited a ruined chapel.

The winds shifted and the fire, jumping from treetop to treetop, roared toward them.

They stopped at the Zebra Crossing and Pete watched the big lorries and buses and cars roar past.

This was what it must be like on a toboggan roaring down the snowy slope of a mountainside.

Without hesitation, the assembled citizens roared assent.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

great

Wave after wave of starlings take off at short 2-3 minute intervals, with a great roar of whirring wings.

He lifted his hands to signal for more and was answered with an even greater roar .

Then they swept past with a great roar of engines, and there seemed to be a voice shouting from a loudspeaker.

The sounds of animals were distant, great roars of dying elks, the barking of wolves.

■ VERB

give

He gave a roar of rage, scrambled to his feet and turned round, his right arm raised.

hear

He heard the roar of the motorcycle being started up and then fading until it was silent.

From behind it we could hear the chirps and roars of invisible clarinets and trombones tuning up.

We heard a roar like the sound of a furnace.

You could not tell that they even heard the awful roar going on in the bay....

Before she had made up her mind she heard the roar of the jets.

I never heard such a roar .

I could clearly hear the roar of engines above me, and distinctly heard one long burst of cannon fire.

She heard only the roar from the mill.

let

Instead, he let out a huge roar of delight and I hung my head.

Asmodeus stiffened as the beam engulfed him, let out a roar of disapproval and was promptly atomized.

But the red-beard had already let out a roar of fury, and launched himself forward.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I love to hear the roar of the crowd at a Blue Jays baseball game.

I shall never forget his roar of anguish on hearing the terrible news.

Inside, the gale was no more than a distant, muffled roar .

Nadia let out a roar of laughter.

She heard the roar of a motorbike behind her.

The boat's motor made quite a roar .

There were roars of laughter coming from the living room.

We threw ourselves to the ground as the roar of an explosion thundered over us.

With a great roar , the whole building was engulfed in flames.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A roar of falling water as a door opened and closed indicated that some one had just emerged from the lavatory.

Every four years, presidential hopefuls have learned, the New Hampshire mouse roars like lion.

For ten minutes now, the roar of the engines had been overlaid by a scraping, spluttering sound.

Now the rattle and roar of the tube faded abruptly as it surfaced into bright sunlight.

The San Francisco quake was mild compared to the roar of divine judgment soon to come.

Then the roar and vibration of the incoming train.

Wave after wave of starlings take off at short 2-3 minute intervals, with a great roar of whirring wings.

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