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roarings

roarings is the plural of roaring.

Meaning of roaring

Noun

roaring (countable and uncountable, plural roarings)

  1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar.
    • […] those wild eyes that watch the wave
      In roarings round the coral reef.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 56
  2. An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion.

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Questions about roarings

What is roarings the plural of?
Roarings is the plural of roaring.

Words near roarings in the dictionary

  1. roaring out
  2. roaring success
  3. roaring successes
  4. Roaring Twenties
  5. roaringly
  6. roarings
  7. Roark
  8. Roarke
  9. Roarks
  10. roarless
  11. roars

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