roaring
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
roaring/ˈrɔːrɪŋ/
▶adjective informal unmistakable; emphatic: a roaring success.
– phrases
do a roaring trade (or business) informal do very good business.
the roaring forties stormy ocean areas between latitudes 40° and 50° south.
the roaring twenties the prosperous years of the 1920s.
do a roaring trade (or business) informal do very good business.
the roaring forties stormy ocean areas between latitudes 40° and 50° south.
the roaring twenties the prosperous years of the 1920s.
– derivatives
roaringly adverb.
roaringly adverb.
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