Boom
[buːm] or [bʊm]
Definition
(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 pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set.
(noun.) a deep prolonged loud noise.
(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'.
(noun.) a state of economic prosperity.
(verb.) grow vigorously; 'The deer population in this town is thriving'; 'business is booming'.
(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'.
Editor: Wilma--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
(v. t.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
(v. i.) To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
(v. i.) To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
(v. i.) To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
(v. i.) To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
(n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
Edited by Bridget
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Roar, resound.[2]. Rush, bound, dash forward.
Typed by Elinor
Definition
n. a pole by which a sail is stretched: a chain or bar stretched across a harbour.
v.i. to make a hollow sound or roar: to go on with a rush to become suddenly prosperous.—v.t. to push anything into sudden prominence:—pa.p. boomed (bōōmd); pr.p. boom′ing.—n. a hollow roar as of the sea the cry of the bittern &c.: a sudden increase of activity in business or the like—often the direct consequence of puffing advertisements or less legitimate intrigues.—p.adj. Boom′ing rushing with violence.
Checker: Wade
Examples
- With that second shot came the cracking boom of grenades from around the corner below the bridge. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The boom was a sharp crack that widened in the cracking and on the hillside he saw a small fountain of earth rise with a plume of gray smoke. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Sweeish-crack-boom! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Burnside had stretched a boom across the Holston River to catch scows and flats as they floated down. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The boom of every iron bell came laden with the one, deep, hollow sound--Death. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- There is the boom, then instantly the shriek and burst. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She could not bear the terrible crushing boom of the escaping water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Far away we could hear the deep tones of the parish clock, which boomed out every quarter of an hour. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Including the _Ingl閟_, boomed Pilar. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Within the space of three minutes similar signals boomed in the east and west. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The water still boomed through the sluice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hello, she boomed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A huge rock, falling from above, boomed past me, struck the path, and bounded over into the chasm. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You, she said, and laughed that booming laugh. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The water was still booming in the night, the moon was fair, the hills beyond were elusive. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She commenced to laugh, dropping the imitation of the almost effeminate bullfighter's voice and booming again now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The cheering, till now subdued, was loud and hearty, and some pieces of cannon on the shore gave token, by their loud booming, that the great task of the day was done. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- And me, the woman of Pablo said in her booming voice. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The signal for advance was given by a booming of cannon from Fort Wood and other points on the line. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then another, booming through the rushing noise the water made. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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