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boom

UK/boʊm/ US/bʉwm/ common slang us
verb (5) noun (5)

verb

1.

make a resonant sound, like artillery

  • “His deep voice boomed through the hall”
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2.

hit hard

  • “He smashed a 3-run homer”
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3.

be the case that thunder is being heard

  • “Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed”
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4.

make a deep hollow sound

  • “Her voice booms out the words of the song”
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5.

grow stronger

  • “The economy was booming”
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a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

  • “the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line”
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4.

a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

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5.

any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring

Origin

Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”). The sense "a period of economic growth" is generally taken to derive from the sense "a rapid expansion", although other origins have also been suggested.

Phrases

  • ba da bing ba da boom
  • baby boom
  • bada bing bada boom
  • bada boom
  • bada boom bada bing
  • boom and bust
  • boom bap
  • boom box
  • boom carpet
  • boom corridor
  • boom gate
  • boom goes the dynamite

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