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roaring ['rɔ:rɪŋ](a) (lion) rugissant; (bull) mugissant, beuglant; (elephant) qui barrit; (person, crowd) hurlant; (sea, wind) mugissant; (thunder, storm) qui gronde; (engine) vrombissant;∎ a roaring fire une bonne flambée∎ a roaring success un succès fou;∎ British to do a roaring trade faire des affaires en or;∎ they did a roaring trade in pancakes ils ont vendu énormément de crêpes2 adverb∎ familiar roaring drunk ivre mort, complètement bourré►► Nautical Roaring Forties quarantièmes mpl rugissants;Roaring Twenties les Années fpl folles -
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A n1 (of lion, person) rugissement m ;2 (of storm, wind, sea) mugissement m ;3 (of thunder, waterfall) grondement m ;4 (of engine, machine) vrombissement m ;5 ( of crowd) clameur f.B adj1 ( loud) [storm] rugissant ; [engine, traffic] grondant ; a roaring fire une belle flambée ; the roaring forties Geog les quarantièmes rugissants ;2 [success] fou/folle ; to do a roaring trade faire des affaires en or (in dans la vente de) ; the roaring Twenties Hist les Années folles.
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roaring drunk — adjective Very drunk (and typically rowdy) • • • Main Entry: ↑roar * * * ˌroaring ˈdrunk idiom extremely drunk and noisy • He rolled home roaring drunk at 3 o clock in the morning. Main entry: ↑roaringidiom … Useful english dictionary
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drunk — 1 the past participle of drink 1 2 adjective 1 (not before noun) unable to control your behaviour, speech etc because you have drunk too much alcohol: Graham was too drunk to remember what happened last night. | get drunk (on): As students we… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
roaring — roar|ing [ˈro:rıŋ] adj 1.) [only before noun] making a deep, very loud, continuous noise ▪ the roaring wind and waves 2.) roaring fire a fire that burns with a lot of flames and heat 3.) do a roaring trade (in sth) BrE informal to sell a lot of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
roaring — adjective 1 (only before noun) making a deep, very loud, continuous noise: the roaring wind and waves 2 roaring fire a roaring fire burns with a lot of flames and heat 3 do a roaring trade (in) BrE informal to sell a lot of something very quickly … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
roaring — adj. in senses of ROAR v. Phrases and idioms: roaring drunk very drunk and noisy. roaring forties stormy ocean tracts between lat. 40° and 50° S. roaring trade (or business) very brisk trade or business. roaring twenties the decade of the 1920s… … Useful english dictionary
drunk — drunk1 [ drʌŋk ] adjective not usually before noun ** 1. ) unable to control your actions or behavior because you have drunk too much alcohol: get drunk (on something): She had gotten drunk on vodka. blind/roaring drunk (=very drunk): Andrew came … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
drunk — 1. adjective he was so drunk he couldn t stand up Syn: intoxicated, inebriated, inebriate, impaired, drunken, tipsy, under the influence; informal plastered, smashed, bombed, sloshed, sozzled, sauced, lubricated, well oiled, wrecked, juiced,… … Thesaurus of popular words
drunk — I UK [drʌŋk] / US adjective [not usually before noun] ** 1) unable to control your actions or behaviour because you have drunk too much alcohol get drunk (on something): She had got drunk on vodka. blind/roaring drunk (= very drunk): Andrew came… … English dictionary