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Definition of Let loose
1. Verb. Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words). "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
Specialized synonyms: Call, Gibber, Crow, Crow, Trumpet, Coo, Call, Cry, Holler, Hollo, Scream, Shout, Shout Out, Squall, Yell, Miaou, Miaow, Tsk, Tut, Tut-tut, Echo, Repeat, Call, Shoot, Gurgle, Cry, Nasale, Bite Out, Sigh, Troat, Lift, Pant, Volley, Break Into, Heave, Chorus, Splutter, Sputter, Deliver, Hoot, Grunt, Wolf-whistle, Snort, Spit, Spit Out, Groan, Moan, Growl, Grumble, Rumble, Howl, Wrawl, Yammer, Yowl, Bark, Baa, Blat, Blate, Bleat, Bellow, Roar, Cheep, Chirp, Chirrup, Peep, Churr, Whirr, Chirr, Meow, Mew, Quack, Hoot, Cronk, Honk, Hiss, Sibilate, Siss, Sizz, Sibilate, Bray, Hee-haw, Oink, Squeal, Clack, Click, Cluck, Low, Moo, Cackle, Gobble, Neigh, Nicker, Whicker, Whinny, Gargle, Caw, Mew, Haw, Hem, Croak, Cronk, Sing, Smack, Give
Derivative terms: Utterable, Utterance, Utterer
2. Verb. Turn loose or free from restraint. "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
Definition of Let loose
1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To free; to release from restraint. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic sometimes followed by (term with) or (term on)) To shout, make a loud sound, or perform a sudden, vehement action; to behave in a raucous, frenzied manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Let Loose
Literary usage of Let loose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"THE BIRD let loose THE bird let loose in eastern skies, When hastening fondly
home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam; ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"... he " hoped to see the time when spirits, let loose over the country by his
pot," reveals the paternal spirit lo his standard many of those restless ..."
3. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Wail of the Squaws — An Exhausted Dancer — Dragged from the Fatal Arena — The
Victim — Death of the Dancer — The Furies of Hell let loose — Fleeing From ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Buchannon let loose his hold a little bit before we did. It all happened in a
little bit Buchannon was the first man that let loose. If he had not let loose ..."
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