Meaning of boom in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

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

  Example: The boom of the surf.

• A rapid expansion or increase.

  Example: You should prepare for the coming boom in the tech industry.

• One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.

verb

• To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.

  Example: I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.

• (of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.

• To make something boom.

  Example: Men in grey robes slowly boom the drums of death.

• To publicly praise.

• To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.

interjection

• Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.

• Used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.

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.

• A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.

• A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.

• The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.

• 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.

• A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.

• The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.

• A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.

verb

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

  Example: to boom off a boat

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

noun

• A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

verb

• To flourish, grow, or progress.

  Example: Business was booming.

• To cause to advance rapidly in price.

  Example: to boom railroad or mining shares