boom

Meaning

Verb

1. To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
2. To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
3. Of a Eurasian bittern, to make its deep, resonant territorial vocalisation.
4. To make (something) boom.
5. To subject to a sonic boom.
6. (obsolete,slang) To publicly praise.
7. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
8. (slang) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
9. To flourish, grow, or progress.
10. To cause to advance rapidly in price.
11. To move quickly, often while making a booming sound.

Noun

1. A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
2. A rapid expansion or increase.
3. A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
4. Ellipsis of sonic boom.
5. One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
6. (slang) An instance of booming.

Intj

1. Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
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.

Noun

1. A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
2. A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
3. A microphone supported on such a pole.
4. A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
5. The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
6. 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.
7. A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
8. The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
9. A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/buːm/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”). The sense "a period of economic growth" is generally taken to derive from the sense "a rapid expansion", although other origins have also been suggested.