English
loud
see also: Loud
Pronunciation Adjective

loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)

  1. (of a sound) Of great intensity.
    Turn that music down; it's too loud.
  2. (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
    • Bible, Proverbs vii. 11
      She is loud and stubborn.
    a loud party that went on all night
  3. (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
  4. (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
    a loud style of dress;  loud colors
  5. (of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality
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loud (uncountable)

  1. (slang) High-quality marijuana
Adverb

loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)

  1. Loudly.
    • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,
      Who knocks so loud at door?
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 7, Chapter 14, pp. 71-72,
      Unluckily that worthy Officer having, in a literal Sense, taken his Fill of Liquor, had been some Time retired to his Bolster, where he was snoaring so loud, that it was not easy to convey a Noise in at his Ears capable of drowning that which issued from his Nostrils.
Loud
Proper noun
  1. Surname


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