boom box

noun

a large, powerful portable radio and often CD or cassette player.

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Origin:
1980–85

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boom box definition

n.
a portable stereo radio. (See also box, thunderbox.) : Turn down that damn boom box, or I'll kick it in.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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