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bullroarers

bullroarers is the plural of bullroarer.

Meaning of bullroarer

Noun

bullroarer (plural bullroarers)

  1. A ritual musical instrument and means of communicating over extended distances, consisting of a slat of wood tied to the end of a thong or string, with which the slat is whirled so as to cause an intermittent roaring noise.
    • So far he was on the track of elementary Science. And so he made "bull-roarers" to imitate the sound of wind and the blessed rain-bringing thunder, or clashed great bronze cymbals together with the same object.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 72

Questions about bullroarers

What is bullroarers the plural of?
Bullroarers is the plural of bullroarer.

Words near bullroarers in the dictionary

  1. bullrails
  2. bullring
  3. bullrings
  4. bullroar
  5. bullroarer
  6. bullroarers
  7. bullroars
  8. bullrout
  9. bullrouts
  10. bullrun
  11. bullruns

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