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BOOM
boom
(noun) 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
boom, microphone boom
(noun) a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
boom, roar, roaring, thunder
(noun) a deep prolonged loud noise
boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
(noun) 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”
boom
(noun) a state of economic prosperity
boom, thrive, flourish, expand
(verb) grow vigorously; “The deer population in this town is thriving”; “business is booming”
smash, nail, boom, blast
(verb) hit hard; “He smashed a 3-run homer”
boom, boom out
(verb) make a deep hollow sound; “Her voice booms out the words of the song”
boom, din
(verb) make a resonant sound, like artillery; “His deep voice boomed through the hall”
thunder, boom
(verb) be the case that thunder is being heard; “Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Boom
A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.
Anagrams
• MOBO, mobo, moob
Etymology 1
Verb
boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
(transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
(transitive) To make something boom.
(slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise.
To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
Noun
boom (plural booms)
A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
A rapid expansion or increase.
One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
Interjection
boom
used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
Etymology 2
Noun
boom (plural booms)
(nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
(electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
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.
A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
Verb
boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
(usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
Etymology 3
Perhaps a figurative development of Etymology 1, above.
Noun
boom (plural booms)
(economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
Antonyms
• (period of prosperity): recession
Verb
boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
(intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
(transitive, dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.
Synonyms
• (to be prosperous): flourish, prosper
Anagrams
• MOBO, mobo, moob
Source: Wiktionary
Boom (boom), n. Etym: [D. boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See Beam.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
3. A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor. [Obs.]
4. (Mil. & Naval)
Definition: A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
5. (Lumbering)
Definition: A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away. Boom iron, one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse.
– The booms, that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed. Totten.
Boom (boom), v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
Boom (boom), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boomed, p. pr. & vb. n. Booming.] Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W. bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow sound, i. e., the bittern. Cf. Bum, Bump, v. i., Bomb, v. i.]
1. To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects. At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson.
2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. Alarm guns booming through the night air. W. Irving.
3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind. She comes booming down before it. Totten.
4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
Boom, n.
1. A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
2. A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee. [Colloq. U. S.]
Boom, v. t.
Definition: To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator. [Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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