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roar·ing
(rôr′ĭng)adj.
1. Very lively or successful; thriving: a roaring trade.
2. Used as an intensive: roaring drunk.
roar′ing·ly adv.
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roaring
(ˈrɔːrɪŋ)adj
1. informal very brisk and profitable (esp in the phrase a roaring trade)
2. (Historical Terms) the roaring days Austral the period of the Australian goldrushes
3. derogatory informal Irish (intensifier): a roaring communist.
adv
noisily or boisterously (esp in the phrase roaring drunk)
n
4. a loud prolonged cry
5. (Veterinary Science) a debilitating breathing defect of horses characterized by rasping sounds with each breath: caused by inflammation of the respiratory tract or obstruction of the larynx. Compare whistling
ˈroaringly adv
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roar•ing
(ˈrɔr ɪŋ, ˈroʊr-)n.
1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
2. one or more loud, deep cries or sounds.
3. a disease of horses caused by respiratory obstruction or vocal cord paralysis and characterized by loud breathing.
adj. 4. making or causing a roar, as thunder.
5. brisk; active: a roaring business.
6. complete; utter: a roaring idiot.
adv. 7. very: roaring drunk.
[before 1000]
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Noun | 1. | roaring - a deep prolonged loud noise noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
2. | roaring - a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" | |
Adj. | 1. | roaring - 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" successful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture" |
Adv. | 1. | roaring - extremely; "roaring drunk" |
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roaring
adjective
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roaring
adjective1. Marked by extremely high volume and intensity of sound:
2. Improving, growing, or succeeding steadily:
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Translations
roaring
[ˈrɔːrɪŋ]A. ADJ in front of a roaring fire → ante un fuego bien caliente
it was a roaring success → fue un tremendo éxito
to do a roaring trade → hacer muy buen negocio
it was a roaring success → fue un tremendo éxito
to do a roaring trade → hacer muy buen negocio
B. ADV (Brit) he was roaring drunk → estaba borracho y despotricaba
C. CPD the Roaring Forties NPL (Geog) → los cuarenta rugientes
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
roaring
[ˈrɔːrɪŋ] n
[lion] → rugissement m
[engine] → vrombissement m; [guns] → grondement m
[thunder] → grondement m; [wind] → mugissement m
[crowd] → clameur f
adj
[lion] → rugissant(e)
[engine] → vrombissant(e); [guns] → grondant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
roaring
adj person, crowd, lion, bull → brüllend; fire in hearth → prasselnd; wind, engine, plane → heulend; sea, waterfall → tosend; thunder, forest fire → tobend; gun, traffic, noise → donnernd; roaring drunk (inf) → sternhagelvoll (inf); the roaring Twenties → die wilden zwanziger Jahre or Zwanzigerjahre; a roaring success → ein voller Erfolg, ein Bombenerfolg m (inf); to do a roaring trade (in something) → ein Riesengeschäft nt → (mit etw) machen
n = roar N a
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
roaring
[ˈrɔːrɪŋ] adj (lion) → ruggente; (bull) → mugghiante; (crowd) → urlante; (sea, thunder) → fragoroso/aa roaring fire → un bel fuoco, una bella fiammata
a roaring success → un successo strepitoso
to do a roaring trade → fare affari d'oro
roaring drunk → ubriaco/a fradicio/a
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