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Boom (verb)
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
“Thunder boomed in the distance and lightning flashes lit up the horizon.”
“The cannon boomed, recoiled, and spewed a heavy smoke cloud.”
“Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks.”
“I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.”
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Boom (verb)
To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
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Boom (verb)
To make something boom.
“Men in grey robes slowly boom the drums of death.”
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Boom (verb)
To publicly praise.
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Boom (verb)
To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
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Boom (verb)
To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
“to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat”
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Boom (verb)
To flourish, grow, or progress.
“The population boomed in recent years.”
“Business was booming.”
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Boom (verb)
To cause to advance rapidly in price.
“to boom railroad or mining shares”
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Boom (noun)
A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
“The boom of the surf.”
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Boom (noun)
One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
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Boom (noun)
A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship’s side to which boats are secured in harbour.
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Boom (noun)
A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
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Boom (noun)
A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
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Boom (noun)
The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
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Boom (noun)
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.
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Boom (noun)
A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
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Boom (noun)
The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
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Boom (noun)
A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
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Boom (noun)
A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
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Boom (interjection)
used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
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Boom (interjection)
used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
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Boon (noun)
A prayer; petition.
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Boon (noun)
That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
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Boon (noun)
A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
“Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.”
“Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.”
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Boon (noun)
An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
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Boon (noun)
The braking, and scutching.
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Boon (adjective)
good; prosperous; as, “boon voyage”
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Boon (adjective)
kind; bountiful; benign
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Boon (adjective)
(Fossil word used only in idiom pairing it with subsequent “companion”) gay; merry; jovial; convivial
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Boom (noun)
a loud, deep, resonant sound
“the deep boom of the bass drum”
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Boom (noun)
the characteristic resonant cry of the bittern
“the boom of the bittern may be enjoyed in the country”
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Boom (noun)
a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth
“the London property boom”
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Boom (noun)
a pivoted spar to which the foot of a vessel’s sail is attached, allowing the angle of the sail to be changed.
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Boom (noun)
a movable arm over a television or film set, carrying a microphone or camera
“a boom mike”
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Boom (noun)
a floating beam used to contain oil spills or to form a barrier across the mouth of a harbour or river.
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Boom (verb)
make a loud, deep, resonant sound
“thunder boomed in the sky”
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Boom (verb)
say in a loud, deep, resonant voice
“‘Stop right there,’ boomed the Headmaster”
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Boom (verb)
(of a bittern) utter its characteristic resonant cry
“a dozen bitterns boom mysteriously from the reeds”
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Boom (verb)
experience a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth
“business is booming”
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Boon (noun)
a thing that is helpful or beneficial
“the route will be a boon to many travellers”
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Boon (noun)
a favour or request.