bellowingn.
/ˈbɛləʊɪŋ/ a. The roaring of a bull, or similar noise of other animals.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > [noun]
reirdc1330
bellowing1393
roaringa1398
routinga1425
whurling1495
rummishing?a1500
roara1522
boation1646
intonation1658
fremitus1820
bellow1827
fremescence1837
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > roar or bellow > roaring
roaringeOE
lowingOE
i-gredea1250
romyinga1425
bellingc1440
blaringc1440
ruge?a1513
bellowing1552
mugiency1658
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > sound made by > making sound
lowingOE
routinga1425
bellowing1552
mowing1553
mooing1844
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 203 It shulde seme..A bellewing in a mannes ere.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliii. l. 172 As thowh it hadde ben a develes belewyng.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bellowyng or rorynge of neate, mugitus.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 316 We heard a hollow burst of bellowing Like Buls, or rather Lyons. View more context for this quotation
b. Loud and continued vociferation of human beings, especially when inarticulate; noisy outcry.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour
reamOE
ropeOE
brack?c1200
utas1202
hootinga1225
berec1225
noise?c1225
ludea1275
cryc1275
gredingc1275
boastc1300
utasa1325
huec1330
outcrya1382
exclamation1382
ascry1393
spraya1400
clamourc1405
shoutingc1405
scry1419
rumourc1425
motion?a1439
bemec1440
harrowc1440
shout1487
songa1500
brunt1523
ditec1540
uproar1544
clamouring1548
outrage1548
hubbub1555
racket1565
succlamation1566
rear1567
outcrying1569
bellowing1579
brawl1581
hue and cry1584
exclaiming1585
exclaim1587
sanctus1594
hubbaboo1596
oyez1597
conclamation1627
sputter1673
rout1684
dirduma1693
hallalloo1737
yelloching1773
pillaloo1785
whillaloo1790
vocitation1819
blue murder1828
blaring1837
shilloo1842
shillooing1845
pillalooing1847
shriek1929
yammering1937
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 462 The bellowing of such a great multitude of beastly people..made the mountaines..ecco of their cries.
1841 N. Hawthorne Famous Old People iii. 34 What a bellowing the urchins make!
c. Roaring of cannon, thunder, the sea, etc.
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a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 11 Wee heare no thing but belloweing of the wind.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 88 [They] believe the bellowings of Hecla are nothing else but the cries of the damned.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
bellowingadj.
That bellows or roars: see the verb.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > [adjective]
crying1398
roaringc1425
whurling1495
reirding1591
routinga1609
bellowing1619
bombardical1645
rummishing1653
polyphloisboian1824
polyphloisboiotic1843
polyphloisboiic1863
polyphloisbic1915
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [adjective] > roaring or bellowing
roaringa1382
beringa1400
blaring1566
belling1582
bellowing1619
frement1656
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that roars or bellows
lowingOE
roaringa1382
mugient1646
bellowing1847
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. viii. 294 They raised a bellowing crie, like so many beasts, and fled to shore.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 179 Blustering Boreas..is a bellowing winde.
c1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 165 Signals of distress are heard from the bellowing deep.
1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. v Bellowing herds of buffaloes rush to the river.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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