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Boom   /bum/   Listen
noun
Boom  n.  
1.
(Naut.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
2.
(Mech.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
3.
A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor. (Obs.)
4.
(Mil. & Naval) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
5.
(Lumbering) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
Boom iron, one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse.
The booms, that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed.


Boom  n.  
1.
A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
2.
A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee. (Colloq. U. S.)


verb
Boom  v. t.  (Naut.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.


Boom  v. t.  To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator. (Colloq. U. S.)


Boom  v. i.  (past & past part. boomed, pres. part. booming)  
1.
To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects. "At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone."
2.
To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. "Alarm guns booming through the night air."
3.
To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind. "She comes booming down before it."
4.
To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.





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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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