roar

Noun

• the sound made by a lion

• a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
  • his bellow filled the hallway
    

• a deep prolonged loud noise

Verb

• laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

• make a loud noise, as of animal
  • The bull bellowed
    

• act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way
  • desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town-R.A.Billington
    

• emit long loud cries
  • wail in self-pity
    
  • howl with sorrow
    

• utter words loudly and forcefully
  • `Get out of here,' he roared
    

• make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
  • The wind was howling in the trees
    
  • The water roared down the chute
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  boom , roaring , thunder , howl , bellow , ululate , wail , yawl , yaup