See Also: loud(1)(dictionary)
loud(2)(dictionary)
loud 1, adjective(dictionary)
loud 2, adverb(dictionary)
Loud Pedal - Motor Sports(gambling)

loud(1) (iou)



loud adjective.
[Old English hlud = Old Frisian (h)lud, Old Saxon hlud (Dutch luid), Old High German hlut (German laut), from West Germanic from Indo-European, from base meaning 'hear', whence also Greek kluein hear, klutos famous, Latin cluere be famed.]
(Of a sound or voice) strongly audible, noisily or oppressively audible, making a powerful impression on the sense of hearing; that makes, or is able or liable to make, strongly audible sounds. OE.
G. Lyttelton Down the Steep it falls, In loud Cascades. A. Radcliffe The storm was now loud. T. Campbell The loud waves lash'd the shore. C. Potok A straight, loud voice that rang through the terrible silence. A. Davis An explosion a hundred times louder than the loudest..thunderclap. B. Ashley Vibrations from a loud electric bell.
b. Of a place etc.: full of noise, re-echoing. L16.
Guardian In a wood which had previously been loud with bird-song, an eerie silence prevailed.
a. Clamorous, noisy; noisily aggressive; emphatic or vehement in expression. M16.
Tennyson Men loud against all forms of power. S. Brill Hoffa became louder and more bad-tempered.
b. Chiefly of a lie: manifest, palpable, flagrant. M16-L17.
c. Of motives: pressing, urgent. Only in E17.
Of smell or flavour: powerful, offensive. Now chiefly US. M17.
Milton The strong breath and loud stench of avarice.
Esp. of colour, pattern, dress, etc.: vulgarly obtrusive, flashy. L18.
D. Lodge He is wearing his loudest check sports jacket.
Special collocations & comb.: loud-hail verb trans. & intrans. speak, call, or address through a loud-hailer. loud-hailer a megaphone or other electronic device for amplifying the voice, so that it can be heard at a distance. loud-mouth adjective, noun, & verb (a) adjective loud-mouthed, noisy; (b) noun a person given to loud and self-assertive talk; (c) verb intrans. talk loudly and self-assertively, bluster. loud-mouthed adjective noisily self-assertive, vociferous. loud pedal = sustaining pedal (a) s.v. SUSTAINING. loudspeaker an instrument for converting variations in applied electrical impulses into corresponding sound waves (usu. music or voice) that are able to be heard at a distance from the instrument.
loudish adjective somewhat loud E19.
loudly adverb L15.