out-bellowv.
/ˌaʊtˈbɛləʊ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈbɛloʊ/ transitive. To outdo in bellowing; to roar louder than; to overcome by bellowing or loud noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > roar or bellow > outdo
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > roar or bellow > overcome by
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1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 28 Thus Saul will lie-out his sacriledge, vntill the very beasts out-bleat, and out-bellow him.
1807 Director 2 331 To the unspeakable annoyance of the actor, whom they perhaps outbellow in some of his finest passages.
1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 1340 Its clamour outbellows the thunder.
1942 ELH 9 168 By combining the two herds Spenser makes his corral outbellow Marlowe's.
1993 Sports Illustr. (Nexis) 22 Nov. 22 Fraternity pledges..try to outbellow each other in endless repetitions of Old Wabash, America's longest college fight song.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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