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Roaring Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
    roaring adj
  1. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" [syn: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, thriving]
  2. loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn: deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery] n
  3. a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, thunder]
  4. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, yowl] adv : extremely; "roaring drunk"
Roaring Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
    Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared; p. pr. & vvb. n. Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G. r["o]hten, OHG. r?r?n. [root]112.]
  1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically: (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast. Roaring bulls he would him make to tame. --Spenser. (b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger. Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief. --Dryden. He scorned to roar under the impressions of a finite anger. --South.

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  • Roaring River: Roaring River may refer to any of several rivers: In Canada: Roaring River (British Columbia) Roaring River (Manitoba) In the United States: ...
  • Roaring River (North Carolina): The Roaring River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in northwestern North Carolina in the United States Via the Yadkin it is part of ...
  • Roaring Forties: The Roaring Forties is a name given, especially by sailors, to the latitudes between 40°S and 50°S , so called because of the boisterous ...
  • The Roaring Twenties: The Roaring Twenties is a 1939 crime thriller starring James Cagney , Priscilla Lane , Humphrey Bogart and Gladys George . ...
  • Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania: Roaring Spring in Morrisons Cove , is a borough Blair County , Pennsylvania , United States . The population was 2,418 at the 2000 census ...
  • Roaring Lion: Roaring Lion (born Rafael de Leon, Aroquita , Trinidad , British Trinidad and Tobago , 22 February 1908 11 July 1999 date September 2009) ...
  • Roaring Fork River: Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River , approximately 70 mi (113 km) long, in west central Colorado in the United States ...

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* When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart. - Ralph Waldo Emerson


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  • Inspiration board: roaring ’20s hairstyles
    Posted in Fashion / Fashion blog / Fashion pictures / Hair & hairstyles / Hairstyles Whether or not you choose to be swept up in the renewed obsession with The Great Gatsby , for many there’s a standing love of 1920s fashion that goes beyond pop cultural crazes. And for those with a love of the flapper and everything she stood for, donning a 1920′s inspired ha Read more on this news related to 'Roaring'
  • Motorcycle with airplane engine makes a roaring racket
    The Red Baron motorcycle is an unholy combination of bike mechanics and airplane mechanics, creating a demon of a ride. Originally posted at Crave Read more on this news related to 'Roaring'
  • Strange Days: Roaring Markets but Sketchy Data
    In an interview with Rep. Scott Garrett this morning, it was plain that he wanted to show he and the committee are serious about oversight of the Securities and Exchanges Commission. Read more on this news related to 'Roaring'

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