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noun
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Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
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any similar missile or explosive device used as a weapon, to disperse crowds, etc.: a time bomb; a smoke bomb.
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Also called volcanic bomb. Geology. a rough spherical or ellipsoidal mass of lava, ejected from a volcano and hardened while falling.
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EXPANDFootball. a long forward pass, especially one to a teammate who scores a touchdown.
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Slang.
a.
an absolute failure; fiasco: The play was a bomb and closed after two performances.
b.
something unpleasant that is unexpected or shocking (often used in combination with an abbreviated swearword): Then she dropped a bomb with her announcement about the staff cuts. He's always dropping the f-bomb.
c.
the bomb, something that is excellent or very impressive: Her boyfriend is the bomb.
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Chiefly British. an overwhelming success: The novel is selling like a bomb.
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Jazz. a sudden, unexpected accent or rhythmic figure played by a drummer during a performance.
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a lead or lead-lined container for transporting and storing radioactive materials.
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Computers. a spectacular program or system failure.
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COLLAPSESlang. a powerful automobile or other vehicle.
verb (used with object)
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to hurl bombs at or drop bombs upon, as from an airplane; bombard: The enemy planes bombed the city.
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to explode by means of a bomb or explosive.
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Computers. to deliberately cause (a computer system) to fail with a program written for the purpose.
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Bombing
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verb (used without object)
15.
to hurl or drop bombs.
16.
to explode a bomb or bombs.
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Slang. to be or make a complete failure, especially to fail to please or gain an audience; flop (sometimes followed by out): His last play bombed on Broadway. The business bombed out with a $25,000 debt.
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(of a computer program or system) to fail spectacularly.
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Informal. to move very quickly: They came bombing through here on their motorcycles at 2 a.m.
Origin:
1580–90; 1960–65 for def. 17; earlier bom(b)e < Spanish bomba (de fuego) ball (of fire), akin to bombo drum < Latin bombus a booming sound < Greek bómbos
1580–90; 1960–65 for def. 17; earlier bom(b)e < Spanish bomba (de fuego) ball (of fire), akin to bombo drum < Latin bombus a booming sound < Greek bómbos
Related forms
bomb·able, adjective
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Word Origin & History
bomb
1580s, from Fr. bombe, from It. bomba, probably from L. bombus "a deep, hollow noise; a buzzing or booming sound," from Gk. bombos "deep and hollow sound," echoic. Originally of mortar shells, etc.; modern sense of "explosive device placed by hand or dropped from airplane" is 1909. Meaning "old car"
EXPAND is from 1953. Meaning "success" is from 1954 (late 1990s slang the bomb "the best" is probably a fresh formation); opposite sense of "a failure" is from 1963. The bomb "atomic bomb" is from 1945. Bomber as a type of military aircraft is from 1917. Bombed "drunk" is from 1959.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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