Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blaring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blare \Blare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blaring}.] [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G.
pl["a]rren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an
imitative word, but cf. also E. blast. Cf. {Blore}.]
To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. ``The trumpet blared.''
--Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blaring
adj : unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of
trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music
from his car radio" [syn: {blasting}]
n : a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: {blare}, {cacophony}, {clamor},
{din}]
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