English Explanatory Dictionary

boom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
  2. To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
  3. To flourish, grow, or progress.
  4. To make (something) boom.
  5. To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
  6. To cause a sonic boom.
  7. To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
  8. To publicly praise, to rally behind.
  9. To rush forwards with such violent intensity that it generates a sustained, overwhelming, roaring noise; especially from the perspective of a bystander who has been suddenly subjected to it.
  10. To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
  11. To cause to advance rapidly in price.
noun
  1. A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
  2. A rapid expansion or increase.
  3. A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
  4. Ellipsis of sonic boom.
  5. One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
  6. An instance of booming.
intj
  1. Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
  2. Used to suggest something happening suddenly or unexpectedly; voilà.
  3. The sound of a bass drum beating.
  4. The sound of a cannon firing.
noun
  1. A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
  2. A specially-designed, movable pole, used to suspend a microphone or camera high above the ground during filming or recording.
  3. Ellipsis of boom microphone (a microphone supported on such a pole).
  4. A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
  5. The longest element of a Yagi-Uda antenna, on which the other, smaller antennae are transversally mounted.
  6. A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
  7. A gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits.
  8. A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
  9. The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
verb
  1. To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
  2. To raise or lower with a crane boom.
name
  1. A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.

Pronunciation

bo͞om /buːm/ /bum/ En-au-boom.ogg /boʊm/

Word forms

boom booms booming boomed

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

flourish prosper

Antonyms

moob depression recession

Related words

kaboom bumpkin

Derived words

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Translations

Bulgarian: буча Bulgarian: боботя Dutch: dreunen Finnish: jyristä German: dröhnen Spanish: retumbar Swedish: dåna Bulgarian: стойка Chinese Mandarin: 挑杆 Esperanto: microphona bastono French: perche Māori: kauwhanga
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