roar
/rɔr/, /roʊr/ v [I]Definition
› to make a long, loud, deep sound: Lions were roaring in their cages. The crowd roared with laughter. › If a vehicle roars somewhere, it moves there quickly making a lot of noise: His truck roared down the steep mountain. roar /rɔr/, /roʊr/ n [C/U] › [U] Living near the highway, we hear the constant roar of traffic.
(Definition of roar v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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