bomb

Meaning

Noun

1. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
2. (dated, often) An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
3. (figuratively) An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
4. (archaic, historical) An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, ellipsis, historical) An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
6. (colloquial) Any explosive charge.
7. (in-compounds) A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
8. (colloquial, figuratively) Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
9. (India, South, colloquial) A fart.
10. (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
11. (Australia, US, informal) A car in poor condition.
12. (Australia, UK, slang) A large amount of money.
13. (British, slang) Something highly effective or attractive.
14. (British, India, slang) Something highly effective or attractive.
15. (in-compounds, often) Something highly effective or attractive.
16. (in-compounds, often) Something highly effective or attractive.
17. (slang) Something highly effective or attractive.
18. (slang) Something highly effective or attractive.
19. (slang) Something highly effective or attractive.
20. (slang) Something highly effective or attractive.
21. A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
22. A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
23. (obsolete) A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
24. (slang) A woman’s breast.
25. A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
26. (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
27. (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
2. (figuratively, intransitive, often, transitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
3. (informal) To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
4. (informal) To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
5. (especially, informal) To move at high speed.
6. (reflexive, slang) To make oneself drunk.
7. (slang) To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
8. (ambitransitive, slang) To fail dismally.
9. (intransitive, slang) To crash.
10. (slang, transitive) To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
11. (obsolete) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
12. (slang) Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).

Adj

Great, awesome.

Synonyms

bombard

shell

🐚

bombshell

explosive

dud

explosive device

turkey

flunk

fail

bomb calorimeter

blow up

dynamite

flop

drop a bomb

flush it

crump

explode a bomb

explosion

explosives

fall flat

fillip

firecracker

🧨

firework

flask

gas tank

grenade

guncotton

jar

🫙

leap

mine

minnie

pellet

pelt

pepper

popcorn

🍿

rebound

riding cap

riding hat

shoot

spring

strafe

vase

zap

⚡

sex bomb

failed creative work

explosive material

destroy by bombing

volcanic bomb

volcanic bombs

ammunition

Translations

bombe

💣

Bombe

💣

bomba

💣

bomba

💣

bombarder

🐚

βόμβα

bom

💣

bombardare

bombardieren

💣

bombardear

💣

bomba

💣

bomba

💣

βομβαρδίζω

bombarderen

💣

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɒm/

Etymology

From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom.