roar

Meanings

• a deep prolonged loud noise
• a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
• the sound made by a lion
• make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
  • "The water roared down the chute"
• utter words loudly and forcefully
  • "`Get out of here,' he roared"
• emit long loud cries
• act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; -R.A.Billington
  • "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"
• make a loud noise, as of animal
• laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

Synonyms

bellow, bellowing, boom, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, howl, roaring, thunder, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl, yowl