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boom obom boom obom oobm oobm bomo obmo bmoo mboo ombo mobo bomo obmo bmoo mboo ombo mobo oomb oomb omob moob omob moob

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Definitions and meaning of boom

boom

Pronunciation

• enPR: boo͞m
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /buːm/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /bum/
• Rhymes: -uːm

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”).

Verb

boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)

1. To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
2. (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
3. Of a Eurasian bittern, to make its deep, resonant territorial vocalisation.
4. (transitive) To make something boom.

5. (aviation) To subject to a sonic boom.
6. (slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise.
7. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
8. (chess engines) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.

   Antonym: moob

Derived terms

• boom box
• boom-boom
• boomstick

Translations

Noun

boom (plural booms)

1. A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.

2. A rapid expansion or increase.
3. (aviation) Ellipsis of sonic boom.
4. One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
5. (chess engines) An instance of booming.

   Antonym: moob

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

boom

1. Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.

   crash boom bang
2. Used to suggest something happening suddenly or unexpectedly; voilà.
3. The sound of a bass drum beating.
4. The sound of a cannon firing.

Derived terms

Related terms

• kaboom

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch boom (“tree; pole”). Doublet of beam.

Noun

boom (plural booms)

2. (sailing) 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 movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
4. (by extension) A microphone supported on such a pole.
5. A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
6. (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
7. A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
9. A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
10. The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
12. A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.

Derived terms

• boom vang
• boom gate
• boomhouse, boom house
• boom pole
• containment boom
• gib boom
• jib boom
• swinging boom
• tail boom
• top one's boom
• torpedo boom
• lower the boom
• put the boom down

Related terms

• (nautical): buoy, cathead
• crane

Translations

Verb

boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)

1. To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.

2. (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.

Etymology 3

Perhaps a figurative development of Etymology 1, above.

Noun

boom (plural booms)

1. (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

   Antonym: recession

Derived terms

• boom and bust, boom or bust

Descendants

• → German: Boom
• Indonesian: bum
• → Japanese: ブーム (būmu)
• → Polish: boom

Translations

Verb

boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)

2. (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.

   Synonyms: flourish, prosper
3. (transitive, dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.

Derived terms

• boom town

Translations

Anagrams

• MOBO, mobo, moob

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch boom, from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, boum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊəm/

Noun

boom (plural bome, diminutive boompie)

1. tree

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːm/
• Hyphenation: boom
• Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

boom m (plural bomen, diminutive boompje n or boomken n)

1. tree
2. any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object
   1. beam
   2. mast

      Synonym: mast

   3. boom

      Synonym: giek

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: boom
• Berbice Creole Dutch: bom
• Jersey Dutch: bôm
• Negerhollands: bom, boom
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: bom (archaic)
• Polish: bom, bum
• Skepi Creole Dutch: bom, boom
• Sranan Tongo: bon
  • Aukan: bon
• → English: boom
• → Indonesian: bom (“tree, pole”), bum

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boom. Compare boem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːm/
• Hyphenation: boom

Noun

boom m (plural booms, diminutive boompje n)

1. boom, as in a market explosion

Derived terms

• babyboom
• boomer

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

See also

• boom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boom in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

French

Alternative forms

• boum

Etymology

Borrowed from English boom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum/

Noun

boom m (plural booms)

1. boom (dramatically fast increase)

Derived terms

• ça boom
• papy boom

Further reading

• “boom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boom, from Dutch boom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbum/
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

boom m (invariable)

1. a boom (sound)
2. a boom, rapid expansion
3. a boom (crane)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bōm, from Proto-West Germanic *baum.

Noun

bôom m

1. tree
2. beam, pole
3. boom barrier

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: boom
• Limburgish: boum

Further reading

• “boom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “boom (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bum/
• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: boom
• Homophone: bum

Noun

boom m inan

1. (economics, business) boom (period of prosperity)
2. boom (rapid expansion or increase)

Declension

Further reading

• boom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• boom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boom.

Pronunciation

Noun

boom m (plural booms)

1. (economics, business) boom (period of prosperity)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boom.

Noun

boom n (plural boomuri)

1. (economics, business) boom

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbum/ [ˈbũm]
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

boom m (plural booms)

1. boom (period of prosperity or high market activity)

See also

• bum

Further reading

• “boom”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org