boom
Dictionary
noun
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
"The boom of the surf."
- A rapid expansion or increase.
"You should prepare for the coming boom in the tech industry."
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
verb
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
"I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel."
- (of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- To make something boom.
"Men in grey robes slowly boom the drums of death."
- To publicly praise.
- To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
interjection
- Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
- Used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
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