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boom

/ boom /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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
Type of:
spar
Has parts:
sailing vessel sailing ship
verb Sense 2
make a resonant sound, like artillery
"His deep voice boomed through the hall"
Type of:
sound go
Derived:
blare blaring cacophony clamor din
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
make a deep hollow sound
"Her voice booms out the words of the song"
Type of:
sound go
Derived:
roar roaring thunder
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
grow stronger
"The economy was booming"
Type of:
grow
Kinds of:
revive luxuriate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 5
a state of economic prosperity
Type of:
prosperity
Derived:
prosper thrive get ahead flourish expand
noun Sense 6
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 lik an assembly line"
Type of:
happening occurrence natural event
noun Sense 7
a deep prolonged loud noise
Type of:
noise
Derived:
thunder roar howl boom out din
noun Sense 8
a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
Type of:
pole
verb Sense 9
be the case that thunder is being heard
"Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
Derived:
thunder
Entails:
storm
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody
verb Sense 10
hit hard
"He smashed a 3-run homer"
Type of:
hit
Derived:
blast knock bash bang smash
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
42
Times Searched
3
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spar sound go grow revive luxuriate prosperity happening occurrence natural event noise pole