roark

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Roared p. pr. & vvb. n. Roaring. ] [ OE. roren, raren, AS. rārian; akin to G. röhten, OHG. rērēn. √112. ] 1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically: (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Roaring bulls he would him make to tame. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He scorned to roar under the impressions of a finite anger. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

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° and 50° north latitude. [ 1913 Webster ]