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roaring

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???????/
  • Rhymes: -?????
  • Hyphenation: roar?ing

Adjective

roaring

  1. Intensive; extreme.
  2. Very successful; lively.
    Synonyms: thriving, prosperous, bustling; see also Thesaurus:prosperous
    The ice-cream sellers did a roaring trade in the midday heat.
    • 1903, Robert Barr, The O'Ruddy Chapter 17
      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.

Verb

roaring

  1. present participle of roar

Noun

roaring (plural roarings)

  1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar.
  2. An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion.
  3. (Britain Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) to cry

Translations

roaring From the web:

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  • what roarin water
  • what's roaring 20s
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  • what roaring means in spanish
  • roaring fire meaning
  • what roaring trade
  • what's roaring in french

purring

English

Verb

purring

  1. present participle of purr

Noun

purring (plural purrings)

  1. A sound that purrs.
  2. (sports) Synonym of shin-kicking

Norwegian

Noun

purring

  1. reminder
    Jeg fikk en purring fra biblioteket. (Bokmål)
    Eg fekk ei purring frå biblioteket. (Nynorsk)
    I got a reminder from the library.

Inflection

purring From the web:

  • what purring means
  • purring what does it mean
  • what does purring mean for a cat
  • what is purring in cats
  • what does purring sound like
  • what does purring mean for a kitten
  • what causes purring in cats
  • what does purring mean for a guinea pig
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