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| 1. | [ verb ] make a resonant sound; as of artillery | |
| Synonyms: | din | |
| Examples: | : "His deep voice boomed through the hall." |
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| Related terms: | go blare | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a deep prolonged loud noise | |
| Synonyms: | roar thunder roaring | |
| Related terms: | noise roar thunder | |
| 3. | [ verb ] hit hard | |
| Synonyms: | smash blast nail | |
| Examples: | "He smashed a 3-run homer" |
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| Related terms: | hit blast | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | |
| Synonyms: | goldmine manna_from_heaven bunce godsend gold_rush gravy windfall bonanza | |
| Examples: | "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line" |
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| Related terms: | happening | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (economics) a state of economic prosperity | |
| Related terms: | prosperity | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set | |
| Synonyms: | microphone_boom | |
| Related terms: | pole | |
| 7. | [ verb ] make a deep hollow sound | |
| Synonyms: | boom_out | |
| Examples: | "Her voice booms out the words of the song" |
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| Related terms: | go | |
| 8. | [ verb ] grow stronger | |
| Synonyms: | flourish expand thrive prosper get_ahead | |
| Examples: | "The economy was booming" |
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| Related terms: | grow revive luxuriate | |
| 9. | [ verb ] be the case that thunder is being heard | |
| Synonyms: | thunder | |
| Examples: | "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed." |
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| Related terms: | thunder storm | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 27963 | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (nautical) 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 | |
| Related terms: | spar sailing_vessel | |
| Similar spelling: |
Bono Bohm Boyum Bohon Bohme Boehm Boehme Bon bohemia Bown Boon bony Bonn Boni bone Bona Bohn Boen Boan |
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