boom


Definition: Meaning of, boom in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / buːm /

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boom booms
  1. increase in business [singular] a quick increase of business activity
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  2. when something is popular [singular] an increase in how popular or successful something is, or in how often it happens
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  3. sound [countable] a deep loud sound that you can hear for several seconds after it begins, especially the sound of an explosion or a large gun
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  4. boat [countable] a long pole on a boat that is attached to the bottom of a sail, and that you move to change the position of the sail
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  5. long pole [countable] a long pole used as part of a piece of equipment that loads and unloads things
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  6. long pole [countable] a long pole that has a camera or MICROPHONE on the end
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  7. on a river/harbour [countable] something that is stretched across a river or a BAY to prevent things floating down or across it
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
boom boomed boomed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
booming booms
  1. [intransitive usually in progressive] if business, trade, or a particular area is booming, it is increasing and being very successful
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  2. also boom (something ↔) out [transitive] to say something in a loud deep voice
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  3. also boom out [intransitive] to make a loud deep sound
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boom used in phrases

  • baby boom (noun)
    1. an increase in the number of babies born during a particular period, compared to other times - used especially about people born between 1946 and 1964
  • baby-boom generation (noun)
    1. the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II
  • boom box (noun)
    1. American English informal a GHETTO BLASTER
  • boom out (verb)
    1. make a deep hollow sound
  • boom town (noun)
    1. a town or city that suddenly becomes very successful because there is a lot of new industry
  • boom vang (noun)
    1. nautical a strap or line which exerts downward pressure on the boom near where it joins the mast of a fore-and-aft rigged sailing boat
  • kaffir boom (noun)
    1. small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
    2. small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
  • microphone boom (noun)
    1. a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
  • sonic boom (noun)
    1. the loud sound like an explosion that an aircraft makes when it starts to travel faster than the speed of sound
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