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roar   (TTS Sound)

The noun roar has 3 senses

• boom, roar, roaring, thunder -- (a deep prolonged loud noise)


• bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl -- (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway")


• roar -- (the sound made by a lion)

The verb roar has 6 senses

• roar, howl -- (make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute")


• thunder, roar -- (utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared")


• howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup -- (emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow")


• roar -- (act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington)


• bellow, roar -- (make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed")


• roar, howl -- (laugh unrestrainedly and heartily)