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Boom

noun
1.
A deep prolonged loud noise.  Synonyms: roar, roaring, thunder.
2.
A state of economic prosperity.
3.
A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money).  Synonyms: bonanza, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall.
4.
A pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set.  Synonym: microphone boom.
5.
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.
verb
(past & past part. boomed, pres. part. booming)
1.
Make a resonant sound, like artillery.  Synonym: din.
2.
Hit hard.  Synonyms: blast, nail, smash.
3.
Be the case that thunder is being heard.  Synonym: thunder.
4.
Make a deep hollow sound.  Synonym: boom out.
5.
Grow vigorously.  Synonyms: expand, flourish, thrive.  "Business is booming"



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"Boom" Quotes from Famous Books



... in life —I can find no better expression for it. The brilliant warm sunshine beating in at the open windows and at the door upon the balcony, the shouts below, the splash of oars, the tinkle of bells, the prolonged boom of the cannon at midday, and the feeling of perfect, perfect freedom, did wonders with me; I felt as though I were growing strong, broad wings which were bearing me God knows whither. And what charm, what joy at times at the thought that another life was so close to mine! ...
— The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... lugger was poured into the cutter, with what effect upon the crew could not be ascertained; but the main-boom was cut in half, and the outer part of it fell over the cutter's quarter, and was dragged astern by ...
— The King's Own • Captain Frederick Marryat
... captured at all costs. A night attack nearly succeeded, but ended in total defeat. Demosthenes immediately advised retreat; but Nicias obstinately refused to leave. In the meantime the Syracusans closed the mouth of their harbour with a strong boom, penning up the Athenian fleet. The famous story of the attempt to destroy it calls out all the author's powers of description. He draws attention to the narrow space in which the action was fought. As long as the Athenians could operate in open water they were invincible; but the Syracusans ...
— Authors of Greece • T. W. Lumb
... which the Americans had neglected to secure, presuming upon its almost inaccessible character. Opposite Ticonderoga, they had fortified a high conical hill, Mount Independence, and connected it with the fort by a very strong bridge, which was itself protected by a massy boom. The Americans had been employed for ten months, in giving to these works the ...
— The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth • Edward Osler
... artlessness wholly free from affectation; "tell her some fine morning an unheard-of piece of intelligence—some telegraphic despatch, of which you alone are in possession; for instance, that Henri IV. was seen yesterday at Gabrielle's. That would boom the market; she will buy heavily, and she will certainly lose when Beauchamp announces the following day, in his gazette, 'The report circulated by some usually well-informed persons that the king was seen yesterday at Gabrielle's house, is totally ...
— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere


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