SONIC BOOM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound
   Usage Example(s)
   • a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship
   Hypernyms(s) sonic boom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shock wave (what does shock wave mean?)
   • blast wave (what does blast wave mean?)