Definitions for roars

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roars roar

Spelling: [rawr, rohr]

IPA: /rɔr, roʊr/

Roars is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 38 anagrams from letters in roars (aorrs).

Definitions for roars

noun

1. a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
2. a loud, confused, constant noise or sound; din; clamor:
3. a loud outburst:

verb (used with object)

1. to utter or express in a roar:
2. to bring, put, make, etc., by roaring:

verb (used without object)

1. to utter a loud, deep cry or howl, as in excitement, distress, or anger.
2. to laugh loudly or boisterously:
3. to make a loud sound or din, as thunder, cannon, waves, or wind.
4. to function or move with a loud, deep sound, as a vehicle:
5. to make a loud noise in breathing, as a horse.

Origin of roars

before 900; Middle English roren (v.), Old English rārian; cognate with Old High German rēren to bellow

Examples for roars

I was sleeping late after a long weekend of work, when my girlfriend heard the roar of its engines approaching.

This was responded to by a roar of satisfaction from the crowd below.

Not from the street, for all beside was still; even the roar of London was hushed!

The Book is full of the tingle and even the roar of the life out of which it was born.

At least when an all-too-real attack came on Wednesday morning, there was only the flashing of blades, not the roar of gunfire.

But no matter, we are allergic and getting more allergic, hear us roar (and sniffle and whine and hack).

It will just take time for those little murmurs to become a roar.

I thought about Al, pushed onto the hood of the car at the airport, the roar of planes taking off and landing in the background.

The sound in her ear had grown to a roar, as of many mill-wheels.

Rain fell in torrents; the crashing thunder was like the roar of artillery.