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boom

1  [boom]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to make a deep, prolonged, resonant sound.
2. to move with a resounding rush or great impetus.
3. to progress, grow, or flourish vigorously, as a business or a city: Her business is booming since she enlarged the store.
–verb (used with object)
4. to give forth with a booming sound (often fol. by out): The clock boomed out nine.
5. to boost; campaign for vigorously: His followers are booming George for mayor.
–noun
6. a deep, prolonged, resonant sound.
7. the resonant cry of a bird or animal.
8. a buzzing, humming, or droning, as of a bee or beetle.
9. a rapid increase in price, development, numbers, etc.: a boom in housing construction.
10. a period of rapid economic growth, prosperity, high wages and prices, and relatively full employment.
11. a rise in popularity, as of a political candidate.
–adjective
12. caused by or characteristic of a boom: boom prices.
Origin:
1400–50; 1910–15 for def. 10; late ME bombon, bummyn to buzz; c. D bommen, G bummen, orig. imit.

Related forms:
boom⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. prosper, thrive, develop.

boom

2  [boom]
–noun
1. Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, esp. fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
2. Aeronautics.
a. an outrigger used on certain aircraft for connecting the tail surfaces to the fuselage.
b. a maneuverable and retractable pipe on a tanker aircraft for refueling another aircraft in flight.
c. chord 1 (def. 4).
3. a chain, cable, series of connected floating timbers, or the like, serving to obstruct navigation, confine floating timber, etc.
4. the area thus shut off.
5. Machinery. a spar or beam projecting from the mast of a derrick for supporting or guiding the weights to be lifted.
6. (on a motion-picture or television stage) a spar or beam on a mobile crane for holding or manipulating a microphone or camera.
–verb (used with object)
7. to extend or position, as a sail (usually fol. by out or off).
8. to manipulate (an object) by or as by means of a crane or derrick.
–verb (used without object)
9. to sail at full speed.
—Idiom
10. lower the boom, to take decisive punitive action: The government has lowered the boom on tax evaders.
Origin:
1635–45; < D: tree, pole, beam

Related forms:
boomless, adjective
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boom 1   (bōōm)   
v.   boomed, boom·ing, booms

v.   intr.
  1. To make a deep, resonant sound.
  2. To grow, develop, or progress rapidly; flourish: Business is booming.
v.   tr.
  1. To utter or give forth with a deep, resonant sound: a field commander booming out orders.
  2. To cause to grow or flourish; boost.
n.  
  1. A deep resonant sound, as of an explosion.
  2. A time of economic prosperity.
  3. A sudden increase, as in popularity.

[Middle English bomben, imitative of a loud noise.]
boom 2   (bōōm)   
n.  
  1. Nautical A long spar extending from a mast to hold or extend the foot of a sail.
  2. A long pole extending upward at an angle from the mast of a derrick to support or guide objects being lifted or suspended.
    1. A barrier composed of a chain of floating logs enclosing other free-floating logs, typically used to catch floating debris or to obstruct passage.
    2. A floating barrier serving to contain an oil spill.
    3. A spar that connects the tail surfaces and the main structure of an airplane.
    4. A long hollow tube attached to a tanker aircraft, through which fuel flows to another aircraft being refueled in flight.
  4. A long movable arm used to maneuver and support a microphone.
    1. A spar that connects the tail surfaces and the main structure of an airplane.
    2. A long hollow tube attached to a tanker aircraft, through which fuel flows to another aircraft being refueled in flight.
tr.v.   boomed, boom·ing, booms
To move or position using a crane: "The renegade logs somehow escaped while . . . the logs were boomed up into the mile-long rafts that ply these channels" (Jack Weatherford).

[Dutch, tree, pole, from Middle Dutch; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Booming

Boom"ing\, a. 1. Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.

O'er the sea-beat ships the booming waters roar. --Falcone.

2. Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity. [Colloq. U. S.]

Booming

Boom"ing\, n. The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns. --Howitt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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