blare - Definition from the COLOURS AND SOUNDS topic - COLOURS AND SOUNDS

Topic: COLOURS AND SOUNDS

Date:	1300-1400
Origin:	Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English blæran

blare
verb

blare

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also blare out [intransitive and transitive]

C to make a very loud unpleasant noise:

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Horns blared in the street outside.

—blare noun [singular]

Definition of blare from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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