as in roar
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the bowwow coming from the store's returns desk on the day after Christmas
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When the full-time whistle blew, there was a huge roar and fist pump from Tottenham’s Kevin Danso.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
31 July 2025 -
Williams roasted rising corner DJ James on the touchdown, which drew a roar from the crowd.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
30 July 2025
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The maraca-like rattle was seen as providential by Puritans: a gift from God warning of the approach of danger.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Aug. 2025
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In the May 19 press release, the Danish museum said the rattles were mass-produced by professional potters in the ancient city of Hama.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2025
Noun
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The lack of an internal-combustion engine means that any EV manufacturer needs to solve for additional NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness), so RBW went down the rabbit hole chasing creaks and rattles.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The only thing that cuts through the noise are stories.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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That means subway rumbles, office chatter, and café chaos all fade into the background.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Aug. 2025
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For years, there has been chatter among technologists in national security circles about the need to improve software delivery in the federal government.—
Lisa Umberger,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Among the era’s ironies is that the winning number in one gambling racket was, for a time, produced honestly by the results of another.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Seniors visited the Highland Park Community Center on Wednesday morning to hit the treadmill or swing pickleball rackets as library patrons next door signed up for study rooms, walked their tiny tots to the children’s reading area or cracked open newspapers.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
31 July 2025
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Shout your order to the unflappable bartenders over the din of the country music and crowds.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
The Tennessean,
1 Aug. 2025
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As a child growing up in suburban Las Vegas, far from the din of the Strip, Patel knew little of what his dad did because of his father’s security clearance.—
Richard Nieva,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“Bowwow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowwow. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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