what does boom mean?
BOOM as NOUN
- Meaning
- 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
Hypernyms(s) boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
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Hypernyms(s) boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a deep prolonged loud noise
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Hypernyms(s) boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
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- the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line
Hypernyms(s) boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a state of economic prosperity
Hypernyms(s) boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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BOOM as VERB
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Hypernyms(s) boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Her voice booms out the words of the song
Hypernyms(s) boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- make a resonant sound, like artillery
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- His deep voice boomed through the hall
Hypernyms(s) boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- be the case that thunder is being heard
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- Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed
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