Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To sound loudly and stridently.
- intransitive verb To cause to sound loudly and stridently.
- intransitive verb To proclaim loudly and flamboyantly.
- noun A loud, strident noise.
- noun Flamboyance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A petty copper coin, of about the value of 2 cents, struck at Bern, Switzerland.
- To roar; bellow; cry; low.
- To give forth a loud sound like a trumpet; give out a brazen sound; bellow.
- To sound loudly; proclaim noisily.
- noun In painting, a broad and brilliant effect of color, as in the representation of flowers.
- noun Nautical, a paste of hair and tar used for calking the seams of boats.
- noun A roaring; loud or bellowing noise.
- noun Sound like that of a trumpet.
- noun The bleat of a sheep, the bellowing of a calf, or the weeping of a child.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To sound loudly and somewhat harshly.
- transitive verb To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
- noun The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun usually singular A loud sound.
- noun Dazzling often garish brilliance.
- verb To make a loud sound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loud harsh or strident noise
- verb make a loud noise
- verb make a strident sound
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Someone should stand out front of this and blare from a radio all the incendiary comments Rush has made.
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And then he heard his name blare across the Internet broadcast.
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim… Can anyone hear that name blare across the loudspeakers and not think of Nick Adenhart, the young Angel killed by a drunk driver this past April?
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Jewish moral reformer Belle Moskowitz despaired that in Jewish neighborhoods, “the glare of lights and the blare of music strikes you on every side.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The air was thick with the sound of crickets -- a noise foreign to a metropolitan girl like me more accustomed to the sudden blare of fire engines and the bicycle bells of impatient delivery boys.
Charu Suri: Another Side of Lone Star State Charu Suri 2011
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The blare of sirens seemed continuous Thursday as emergency workers continued rescue efforts.
Tornado survivors sift through what's left in Tuscaloosa 2011
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The movie's theme song, which booms over the opening credits, is Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son," whose chorus laments "It ain't me …" with the blare of defiance, not resignation.
The End of the World as We Know It Steve Dollar 2011
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Yet, erectile dysfunction medication ads blare regularly from CNN and sperm is discussed at length on CBS.
Christine Bronstein: Why Are Family Jewels Just for Men? Christine Bronstein 2010
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In the first moments he was in the locker room, he said he was stunned at how quiet the room was, so he went out and bought a boombox from which he could blare rap music to create a more lively environment.
The Great Carmelo Experiment Kevin Clark 2011
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I don't know if I can stand craning my neck up while the speakers blare in my face, but it seems pretty cool.
yarb commented on the word blare
Radio 2 blared over a loudspeaker system.
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
August 2, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word blare
One for the coin/currency collectors.
March 11, 2016