Boom
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /buːm/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Boom is a verb meaning To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
Meaning
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
More Meanings
- (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
- (transitive) To make (something) boom.
- (of a Eurasian bittern) To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
- To cause a sonic boom.
- To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
- (slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise, to rally behind.
Example Sentences
Business was booming.
Did you ever hear a bittern booming?
The population boomed in recent years.
Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks.
Word Forms
- booms
- booming
- boomed
Synonyms for boom
Depending on context, synonyms include flourish, prosper, expand, blast, smash, thunder.
Antonyms for boom
Common opposites include moob, depression, recession.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include smash, din, roar, roaring, expand, flourish.
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