boom has definitions from the fields of nautical,economics
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[ verb ] make a resonant sound; as of artillery

Synonyms

din

Examples

: "His deep voice boomed through the hall."

Used in print

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

`` We were on our vacation in Canada '' , Howard explained , in a muffled voice that must have been used_to booming , `` and the news did n't catch_up_with us till we were nearly home .

Related terms

go blare

2
[ noun ] a deep prolonged loud noise

Synonyms

roar thunder roaring

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

a dull boom and a throbbing echo .

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

This joke was not funny to Linda_Kay , and she blushed , as she always did ; then , hearing the muffled boom of Howard 's laughter , blushed redder .

Related terms

noise roar thunder

3
[ verb ] hit hard

Synonyms

smash blast nail

Examples

"He smashed a 3-run homer"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

He boomed a 280 - yard drive .

Related terms

hit blast

4
[ noun ] a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

Examples

"the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"

Related terms

happening

5
[ noun ] (economics) a state of economic prosperity

Related terms

prosperity

6
[ noun ] a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

Synonyms

microphone_boom

Related terms

pole

7
[ verb ] make a deep hollow sound

Synonyms

boom_out

Examples

"Her voice booms out the words of the song"

Related terms

go

8
[ verb ] grow stronger

Examples

"The economy was booming"

Related terms

grow revive luxuriate

9
[ verb ] be the case that thunder is being heard

Synonyms

thunder

Examples

"Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed."

Related terms

thunder storm

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 27963
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[ noun ] (nautical) 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

Related terms

spar sailing_vessel

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