roaring

roaring
1. adjective
1) dröhnend [Motor, Donner]; tosend [Meer]; brüllend [Löwe]
2) (blazing loudly) bullernd (ugs.) [Feuer]
3) (riotous)

a roaring success — ein Bombenerfolg (ugs.)

the roaring twenties — die wilden zwanziger Jahre; die Roaring Twenties

4) (brisk)

do a roaring trade — ein Bombengeschäft machen

2. adverb

roaring drunk — sternhagelvoll (salopp)

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roar·ing
[ˈrɔ:rɪŋ]
adj attr, inv
1. (noisy) animal, crowd, person brüllend; inanimate object lärmend; aircraft, cannon donnernd; engine, wind heulend; fire prasselnd; traffic, waves tosend; thunder rollend
\roaring inferno (fig) entsetzliches Inferno
2. (fam: for emphasis)
\roaring business Bombengeschäft nt fam
\roaring drunk sturzbetrunken fam
to be a \roaring success ein Bombenerfolg sein fam
to do a \roaring trade ein Bombengeschäft machen fam
the \roaring twenties (fam) die wilden Zwanziger
* * *
['rɔːrɪŋ]
1. adj
person, crowd, lion, bull brüllend; fire in hearth prasselnd; wind, engine, plane heulend; sea, waterfall tosend; thunder, forest fire tobend; gun, traffic, noise donnernd

roaring drunk (inf) — sternhagelvoll (inf)

the roaring Twenties — die wilden zwanziger Jahre or Zwanzigerjahre

a roaring success — ein voller Erfolg, ein Bombenerfolg m (inf)

to do a roaring trade (in sth) — ein Riesengeschäft nt (mit etw) machen

2. n
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roaring
A adj (adv roaringly)
1. brüllend (with vor dat)
2. lärmend, laut
3. tosend (etc, → roar A 3): → forty A 2
4. fig stürmisch, brausend (Applaus):
a roaring feast ein rauschendes Fest
5. umg großartig, fantastisch, toll:
roaring business (oder trade) schwunghafter Handel;
do a roaring trade fantastische Geschäfte machen;
in roaring health kerngesund
6. umg fanatisch (Katholik etc)
B adv roaring drunk umg sternhagelvoll
C s → roar C
* * *
1. adjective
1) dröhnend [Motor, Donner]; tosend [Meer]; brüllend [Löwe]
2) (blazing loudly) bullernd (ugs.) [Feuer]
3) (riotous)

a roaring success — ein Bombenerfolg (ugs.)

the roaring twenties — die wilden zwanziger Jahre; die Roaring Twenties

4) (brisk)

do a roaring trade — ein Bombengeschäft machen

2. adverb

roaring drunk — sternhagelvoll (salopp)


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