Boom
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English
Verb
Boom (third-person singular simple present Booms, present participle Booming, simple past and past participle Boomed)
- To make a loud, resonant sound.
- (transitive) (figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- (transitive) To make something boom.
- (intransitive) To be prosperous.
Noun
Boom (plural Booms)- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as 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.
- 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.
Interjection
Boom
- used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
Adjectives for Boom
- (activity or prosperity) amazing; exciting; fortune-rolling; gigantic; rapidly-subsiding; tidal-wave; overnight.
- (business) postwar; periodic; unprecedented; glorious; fantastic.
- (noise) dwindling; penetrating; deep; disturbing; muffled; incalculable; subdued.
Verbs for Boom
accelerate—; advance into—; buoy up by—;burst into—; daze by—; delay—; denote—; follow by—; foretell—; launch—; prepare for—; provoke—; revel in—; revive—; stimulate—; work up—; —advances; — bounds; —cheers; —collapses; —crashes; —encourages; —exhilarates; —fades; —follows; —induces; —prospers; —retards; — roars ; —sets in ; —swells.
Adverbs for Boom
- (noise) hollowly; deafeningly; penetratingly; disturbingly; muffledly; subduedly; sonorously; dully; monotonously; musically; thuddingly; resoundingly; intermittently.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (period of prosperity): recession
Derived terms
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Thesaurus
access, accession, accretion, accrual, accrue, accruement, accumulate, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciate, appreciation, arch dam, ascent, augmentation, awake the dead, backfire, backstop, ball the jack, balloon, ballooning, balsa, balsa raft, bamboo curtain, bang, bank, bar, bark, barrage, barrel, barrier, batten, bawl, be reflected, be sent back, beam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, bellow, birr, blare, blast, blast the ear, blat, bloat, bloating, bloom, blossom, blowout, blowup, blubber, board, bob, bombilate, bombinate, boom, booming, booming economy, boost, bottoming out, bounce back, bowl along, bray, breakwater, breastwork, breathe, breed, breeze, breeze along, brick wall, broaden, broadening, brush, buffer, buildup, bulkhead, bull market, bulwark, bum, buoy, burgeon, burgeoning, burr, burst, business cycle, business fluctuations, bust, buzz, cackle, cannonade, cant hook, cast loose, chant, chirp, clap, clap on ratlines, claw bar, clear hawse, clip, cofferdam, coo, cooling off, cork, crack, crank, crash, crescendo, crisis, crow, crowbar, cut along, cut loose, dam, deafen, defense, depression, detonation, develop, development, dike, din, discharge, ditch, downturn, drawl, drone, earthwork, echo, echo back, economic cycle, economic expansion, economic growth, edema, elevation, embankment, enlargement, exclaim, expanding economy, expansion, explode, explosion, extension, fatten, fence, fill the air, flare, flash, fleet, flit, float, flood, flourish, flower, flute, fly, fly low, foot, fulguration, fulmination, gain, gain strength, gasp, gate, get ahead, go fast, go up, gravity dam, greatening, groin, grow, grow fat, growl, growling, growth, grumble, grumbling, grunt, gush, handspike, haul, haul down, heave, heave apeak, heave round, heave short, high growth rate, highball, hike, hiss, hum, hydraulic-fill dam, increase, increment, inflation, intensify, iron crow, iron curtain, jam, jetty, jimmy, jump, kedge, keen, land-office business, lay, lay aloft, leap, leaping weir, levee, lever, life buoy, life preserver, life raft, lilt, limb, log, logjam, low, make knots, market expansion, marlinespike, milldam, moat, mole, mound, mount, mounting, multiplication, multiply, mumble, murmur, mutter, nip, outrigger, outstrip the wind, pant, parapet, peak, peaking, peal, peavey, pedal, pinch bar, pipe, pontoon, portcullis, pour it on, prize, productiveness, profitability, progress, proliferate, proliferation, prosper, prosperity, prosperousness, pry, purr, raft, raise, rampart, ratline down, rattle the windows, reboation, rebound, recession, recovery, reecho, rend the air, rend the ears, report, resonate, resound, resounding, return, reverberate, reverberation, ring, rip, ripping bar, rise, roadblock, roar, roaring trade, rock the sky, rock-fill dam, roll, rumble, rumbling, run up, scorch, scream, screech, seawall, send back, shoot up, shriek, shutter dam, sibilate, sigh, sing, sizzle, skim, slam, slowdown, slump, smash, snap, snarl, snort, snowball, snowballing, sob, sound, spar, spar down, speed, split the eardrums, split the ears, spread, squall, squawk, squeal, startle the echoes, stone wall, storm along, stream the log, strengthen, stun, surfboard, surge, sweep, swell, swelling, tear, tear along, thrive, thrum, thunder, thunder along, thundering, traverse a yard, treadle, trumpet, tumescence, twang, unlash, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, wail, wall, warble, warp, wax, waxing, weir, wham, whine, whir, whisk, whisper, whiz, wicket dam, widen, widening, work, wrecking bar, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, zing, zip, zoom
Pronunciation
Etymology
- Onomatopoetic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen.
- From Dutch boom (“tree, pole”). Compare English beam.
- Or uncertain origin; perhaps a development of Etymology 1, above.
