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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zoar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zoar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “zoar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zoar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• 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 or intransitive) to mock, to make fun of (to make an object of laughter or ridicule) [with direct object or (less commonly) de ‘someone’]

   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