1
as in to roar
to make a long loud deep noise or cry
the cow bellowed for her calf
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2
as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
a drill instructor bellowing orders at new recruits during basic training
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Recent Examples of bellow
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The collapse has been total for the Mets, who should take the field tonight to Lloyd Christmas bellowing about pets’ heads falling off.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Certainly, Trump showing up at other sporting events recently like July 13’s FIFA Club World Cup final at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium and February at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans resulted in a bellow of boos.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The collapse has been total for the Mets, who should take the field tonight to Lloyd Christmas bellowing about pets’ heads falling off.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bellow
Verb
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Mergers-and-acquisitions activity globally is roaring back to life, with several megadeals in the third quarter building on momentum from earlier this year.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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From there, the roaring party becomes a raging nightmare.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hasselbeck shouted in response, while the episode was edited to have her and O’Donnell on the screen side-by-side.—
Katherine Schaffstall,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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The away supporters at Molineux did not have much else to shout about until the Dutch central defender’s 86th-minute header rescued a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers, who remain winless at the foot of the table.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Not all Republicans agreed, but their bleats of complaint hardly suggested a Congress that had finally found the moment to reassert its institutional prerogatives.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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The jarring bleat came across cellphones in Tennessee Monday morning grabbing peoples attention.—
Liz Kellar,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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The bear pulled up at 25 yards, then stood, swinging its head from side to side and growling.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Hawke returns too, grumbling and growling behind a rubber mask (and, eventually, some grisly prosthetics).—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Bill Walsh used to yell at Joe Montana if the bomb wasn’t one yard out from the body and chest high to a receiver on the dead run at the catch point.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Of course, Tom finds him first and inanely yells his name across the ravine.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the middle of the forest, the only sounds biologist Kimberly Rosvall could hear were the croaks of nocturnal frogs and the distant howl of a coyote.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
8 Oct. 2025
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Known for their loud personalities, huskies are no stranger to using their voices, but a video of a senior, deaf husky's silent howl is proving that even without sound, the breed still speaks volumes.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At the slightest provocation, Ye bullies, hectors, and screams at everyone from Paris fashion-show lackeys to the mother of his child.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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For a company like Tesla, dumping the AM/FM radio to cut costs does not exactly scream innovation.—
Patrick George,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Van Dyke recalled crying when the Sherman Brothers first played the now-iconic songs for him.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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While naysayers may argue Dalio is the boy who cried wolf, his caution has paid off in the past.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Bellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bellow. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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