boom
noun
[ buːm ]
• a loud, deep, resonant sound.
• "the deep boom of the bass drum"
Similar:
reverberation,
resonance,
resounding,
thunder,
thundering,
roaring,
echoing,
re-echoing,
blasting,
crashing,
drumming,
thrumming,
pounding,
roar,
rumble,
bellow,
bang,
blast,
blare,
loud noise,
boom
verb
• make a loud, deep, resonant sound.
• "thunder boomed in the sky"
Similar:
reverberate,
resound,
resonate,
rumble,
thunder,
ring out,
sound loudly,
blare,
echo,
fill the air,
crack,
crash,
roll,
clap,
explode,
bang,
blast,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): ultimately imitative; perhaps from Dutch bommen ‘to hum, buzz’.
boom
noun
• a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.
• "the London property boom"
boom
verb
• experience a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.
• "business is booming"
Origin:
late 19th century (originally US): probably from boom1.
boom
noun
• a pivoted spar to which the foot of a vessel's sail is attached, allowing the angle of the sail to be changed.
• a movable arm over a television or film set, carrying a microphone or camera.
• "a boom mike"
• a floating beam used to contain oil spills or to form a barrier across the mouth of a harbour or river.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the general sense ‘beam, pole’): from Dutch, ‘beam, tree, pole’; related to beam.
