Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
--Spenser.
(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
--Dryden.
He scorned to roar under the impressions of a
finite anger. --South.
2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing
vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or
the like.
The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
--Milton.
How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
--Gay.
3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
--Bp. Burnet.
4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers
roared at his jokes.
5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a
certain disease. See {Roaring}, 2.
{Roaring boy}, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the
latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows
who raised disturbances in the street. ``Two roaring boys
of Rome, that made all split.'' --Beau. & Fl.
{Roaring forties} (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy
tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.
This last action will roar thy infamy. --Ford.
Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar!
--Byron.
(d) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar
of laughter. --Macaulay.