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Verb: boom boom- Make a resonant sound, like artillery
"His deep voice boomed through the hall" - din - Hit hard
"He boomed a 3-run homer" - smash, nail, blast - Be the case that thunder is being heard
"Whenever it booms, my dog crawls under the bed" - thunder - Make a deep hollow sound
"Her voice booms out the words of the song" - boom out - Grow vigorously
"business is booming" - thrive, flourish, expand Noun: boom boom- A deep prolonged loud noise
- roar, roaring, thunder - A state of economic prosperity
- 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 like an assembly line" - bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce [Brit] - A pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
- microphone boom - 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
Derived forms: boomed, booming, booms Type of: go, grow, happening, hit, natural event, noise, occurrence, occurrent, pole, prosperity, sound, spar Part of: sailing ship, sailing vessel Encyclopedia: Boom, Antwerp Boom Boom, Belgium Boom, Like That Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! Boom, Boom, Boom |