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See Boom

English

Etymology

onomatopoetic|Onomatopoetic, except in the "horizontal member" senses, which derive from the for tree.

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A period of prosperity or market activity
  2. A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour
  3. A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
  4. An abrupt, low-pitched sound, such as of an explosion.
  5. : The boom of the surf.
  6. A floating barrier used to obstruct the entry of an enemy to a harbour, or to contain floating logs


Translations

  • French: {{t+|fr|boom|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Aufschwung|m}}
  • Chinese traditional/simplified: 吊杆, 吊杆 (diào gān)
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|bôme|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Baum|m}}
  • Chinese traditional/simplified: 支臂, 支臂 (zhī bèi)
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|mat|m}}
  • German: Ausleger
  • Finnish:

Interjection

boom!

  1. The sound of an explosion.


Translations

  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German: Bumm
  • Spanish:

Verb

  1. To be prosperous.
  2. : Business was booming.
  3. To speak or make noise with an intense, low pitch.


Translations

  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • German:

Derived terms


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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Nl-boom.ogg


Noun

boom

  1. tree


Category:Dutch derivations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Boom \Boom\, n.
1. A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry
of the bittern; a booming.
[1913 Webster]

2. 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. [Colloq. U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Boom \Boom\, 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. [Colloq. U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Boom \Boom\ (b[=oo]m), v. t. (Naut.)
To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a
sail; to boom off a boat.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Boom \Boom\ (b[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boomed, p. pr. &
vb. n. Booming.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to
hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W.
bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow
sound, i. e., the bittern. Cf. Bum, Bump, v. i., Bomb,
v. i.]
1. To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the
bittern, and some insects.
[1913 Webster]

At eve the beetle boometh
Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]

2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
[1913 Webster]

Alarm guns booming through the night air. --W.
Irving.
[1913 Webster]

3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press
of sail, before a free wind.
[1913 Webster]

She comes booming down before it. --Totten.
[1913 Webster]

4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular
favor; to go on rushingly.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Boom \Boom\ (b[=oo]m), n. [D. boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See
Beam.]
1. (Naut.) 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mech.) 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.
[1913 Webster]

3. A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel
in a river or harbor. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

4. (Mil. & Naval) 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Lumbering) A line of connected floating timbers stretched
across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw
logs, etc., from floating away.
[1913 Webster]

Boom iron, one of the iron rings on the yards through which
the studding-sail booms traverse.

The booms, that space on the upper deck of a ship between
the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars,
etc., are stowed. --Totten.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet boom
n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: roar, roaring, thunder]
2: a state of economic prosperity
3: 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"
[syn: bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, {manna
from heaven}, windfall, bunce]
4: a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film
or tv set [syn: microphone boom]
5: 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
v 1: make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice
boomed through the hall" [syn: din]
2: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail,
blast]
3: be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it
thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" [syn: thunder]
4: make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of
the song" [syn: boom out]
5: grow stronger; "The economy was booming" [syn: prosper, thrive,
get ahead, flourish, expand]
Moby Dictionary
Carling float , 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


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