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noun

Booming 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.

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)

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."

To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. "Alarm guns booming through the night air."

To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind. "She comes booming down before it."

To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.

adjective

Booming adj.

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."

Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity. (Colloq. U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Booming'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Booming" Quotes from Famous Books

... a complement, that at first she did not listen to the sense of what he said. The words had no clearer meaning than had the other voices of the night; the whole thing was wonderful —the tall, immobile trees, the small, secret sounds, the black lake like an immense, mysterious pall, the steady booming of the voice, had ...

— THE MISSES MALLETT • E. H. YOUNG

... then all mingle together, increase, become vigorous and sustained, would spread out over the forest, roll through the night, unbroken and ceaseless, near and far, as if the whole land had been one immense drum booming out steadily an appeal to heaven. And through the deep and tremendous noise sudden yells that resembled snatches of songs from a madhouse darted shrill and high in discordant jets of sound which seemed to rush far above the earth and drive all ...

— Tales of Unrest • Joseph Conrad

... ascend steps, still in utter darkness, and a great booming fell on my ear. It was the falling river which had scared me on my former visit, and I marvelled that I had not heard it sooner. Presently we came out into a gleam of moonlight, and I saw that we were inside the gorge and far above the slab. We followed a narrow shelf on ...

— Prester John • John Buchan

... and the booming cannon Proclaimed on a summer morn That in the good king's royal palace A Princess had ...

— On the Tree Top • Clara Doty Bates

... dropped into a gulch, and there was an end of green growths. The road led down over solid rock. Gradually the rims of the gorge rose, shutting out the light and the cliffs. It was a winding road and one not safe to tarry on in a stormy season. Lucy had seen boulders weighing a ton go booming down that gorge during one of the sudden fierce desert storms, when a torrent of water and mud and stone went plunging on to the river. The ride through here was short, though slow. Lucy always had time to adjust her faculties ...

— Wildfire • Zane Grey

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