Bellow \Bel"low\, v. t. To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out. ``Would bellow out a laugh.'' --Dryden.
Bellow \Bel"low\, n. A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.
Bellow \Bel"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bellowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bellowing}.] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr. bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep, OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. {Bell}, n. & v., {Bawl}, {Bull}.] 1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.
2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. --Dryden.
3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
The bellowing voice of boiling seas. --Dryden.
Moore himself is an unnecessary American import; the British are quite capable of providing pseudo-profound whimsy (especially on radio where Ray Gosling's lugubrious drone or John Walters' witless bellow trigger a Pavlovian lunge to the off-switch).
But homeowner Santiago says he still feels a cold shiver of fear whenever he hears the gator's low bellow in the night.
Thin indeed are the ranks of Wagnerian sopranos these days, strong ladies who must bellow for hours over an orchestra of great size and volume.