blare

Pronunciation: /blɛə/

The English word “blare” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.
To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly; to proclaim.
To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.
To make a lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.

noun

A loud sound.
Of colour, light, or some other quality: dazzling, often garish, brilliance.
A lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.

Etymology

The verb is derived from Late Middle English blaren, bleren, bloren (“to bellow, cry, wail; of a goat: to bleat”), probably from Old English *blǣran, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat, cry”) and ultimately imitative. Related to Middle Dutch blaren, bleren (“to bawl, cry; to shout; to bleat”) (modern Dutch blèren). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates German Low German…

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