zoar

From Zoar, mentioned in the Bible as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death, when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ.ɑː/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈzoʊ.ɑɹ/
• Hyphenation: zo‧ar

zoar (plural zoars)

1. A place of refuge; a sanctuary.

• haven
• refuge
• sanctuary

• Razo, Roza

Onomatopoeic.[1] First attested in 1800.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: zo‧ar

zoar (first-person singular present zoo, first-person singular preterite zoei, past participle zoado)

1. (of the wind) to howl; to hum

   Synonym: bruar

2. to buzz

• “zoar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “zoar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zoar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “zoar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• zuar (eye dialect used mainly on the internet)

Of imitative origin

• Hyphenation: zo‧ar

zoar (first-person singular present zoo, first-person singular preterite zoei, past participle zoado)

1. (colloquial, transitive with de or with no preposition) to mock (to make an object of laughter or ridicule)

   Synonyms: tirar sarro, caçoar, escarnecer, zombar

2. (intransitive, colloquial) to kid; to joke (to say or do something without being serious)

   Synonym: brincar

3. (intransitive, colloquial) to fool around (to engage in frivolous behaviour)
4. (slang) to mess up; to disorganize

• zoeira