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die roaring

die roaring verb: to die in agony, especially as divine punishment for a wicked life.

Verb

die roaring (third-person singular simple present dies roaring, present participle dying roaring, simple past and past participle died roaring)

  1. (Ireland, colloquial, dated) To die in agony, especially as divine punishment for a wicked life.
    • May you die roaring like Doran's bull!1910, Patrick Weston Joyce, “Comparisons”, in English as we speak it in Ireland, London: Longmans, Green, page 137
    • "Did you ever see a fellow hanged?"
      "I saw dozens of them," he assured me solemnly, "and they all died roaring."1939 March, Frank O'Connor, “First Confession”, in Harper's Bazaar

Forms of die roaring

third-person singular presentdies roaring
present participledying roaring
past participledied roaring
pastdied roaring

Questions about die roaring

What does die roaring mean?
Die roaring means to die in agony, especially as divine punishment for a wicked life.
What part of speech is die roaring?
Die roaring is a verb.
What is the past tense of die roaring?
The past tense of die roaring is died roaring.

Words near die roaring in the dictionary

  1. die on one's arse
  2. die on the vine
  3. die out
  4. die plate
  5. die plates
  6. die roaring
  7. die roaring for a priest
  8. Die Stem
  9. die the way one lived
  10. die, die
  11. die-away

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