Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A reverberation; a roar; loud noise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation.

Etymologies

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From Latin boātiō ("roaring”, “bellowing"), noun of action of boō ("I roar”, “I bellow").

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