ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Foom

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech interjection

Quick meaning: Foom is an interjection meaning The sound of a muffled explosion.

Meaning

The sound of a muffled explosion.

More Meanings

  1. A sudden increase in artificial intelligence such that an AI system becomes extremely powerful.
  2. To exhibit an AI foom.

Example Sentences

And FOOM-FOOM! the two engines burst together into life.
Though the programs will surely get better, there are no signs of foom.
Those flat-trajectory shells would skim straight in, making a roaring sound in the dark: Foom! Foom! Foom!
A soft, distant foom. The lights blinked, then faded. Foom-foom-foom! Explosions, one after another, rocked the tunnel.

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Related dictionary entries include overflush, overswell, overflood, boom, overboost, braingasm.

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