boom in English dictionary

  • boom

    Meanings and definitions of "boom"

    • A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill.
    • A wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
    • The arm of a crane (mechanical lifting machine).
    • The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
    • (economics, business) A period of prosperity or high market activity.
    • (intransitive) To be prosperous.
    • To make a loud, resonant sound.
    • (transitive) (figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
    • (transitive) To make something boom.
    • A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
    • used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
    • (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.
    • interjection
      used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
    • interjection
      used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
    • noun
      A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
    • noun
      One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
    • noun
      (economics, business)
      A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
    • noun
      ( 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.
    • noun
      A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
    • noun
      A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
    • noun
      (electronics)
      The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
    • noun
      A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill.
    • noun
      A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
    • noun
      The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
    • verb
      To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To flourish, grow, or progress.
    • verb
      (transitive, dated)
      To cause to advance rapidly in price.
    • verb
      To make a loud, resonant sound.
    • verb
      (transitive, figuratively, of speech)
      To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To make something boom.
    • verb
      (slang, US, obsolete)
      To publicly praise.
    • verb
      To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
    • to speak with low pitch
    • abrupt, low-pitched sound
    • sound of explosion
    • (wave of) prosperity
    • (sail) yard
    • To hit extremely hard.
    • spar extending the foot of a sail
    • horizontal member of a crane
    • floating barrier
    • period of prosperity
    • 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
    • noun
      a deep prolonged loud noise
    • noun
      a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
    • noun
      a state of economic prosperity
    • 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"
    • verb
      be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
    • verb
      grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"
    • verb
      hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
    • verb
      make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song"
    • verb
      make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

    Synonyms of "boom" in English dictionary

    boom out, bunce, prosper are the top synonyms of "boom" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of boom

    • boom ( third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
    • boom ( plural  booms)
    • boom (plural booms)
    • boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
  • Boom

    Meanings and definitions of "boom"

    • proper
      A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.
    • Boom (2003 film)
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