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boom
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: boo?m
- (UK) IPA(key): /bu?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /bum/
- Rhymes: -u?m
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”).
Verb
boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- Of a Eurasian bittern, to make its deep, resonant territorial vocalisation.
- (transitive) To make something boom.
- (slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise.
- 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge
- If you pull this off every paper in England and America will be booming you.
- 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge
- To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
- 1841, Benjamin Totten, Naval Text-book and Dictionary […]
- She comes booming down before it.
- 1841, Benjamin Totten, Naval Text-book and Dictionary […]
Derived terms
- boom box
- boom-boom
- sonic boom
Translations
Noun
boom (plural booms)
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- A rapid expansion or increase.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- 1990, Mark A. Berkley, William C. Stebbins, Comparative Perception
- Interestingly, the blue monkey's boom and pyow calls are both long-distance signals (Brown, 1989), yet the two calls differ in respect to their susceptibility to habitat-induced degradation.
- 1990, Mark A. Berkley, William C. Stebbins, Comparative Perception
Translations
Interjection
boom
- Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
- Used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
- 1993, Vibe (volume 1, number 2)
- So we went around the corner, looked in the garbage, and, boom, there's about 16 of the tapes he didn't like!
- 2013, Peter Westoby, Gerard Dowling, Theory and Practice of Dialogical Community Development
- Hostile race relations and chronic unemployment are ignored in the suburbs of Paris, London and Sydney, and boom! there are riots.
- 1993, Vibe (volume 1, number 2)
Derived terms
- sis boom bah
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch boom (“tree; pole”). Doublet of beam.
Noun
boom (plural booms)
- (nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
- (by extension) A microphone supported on such a pole.
- A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
- A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
- A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
- The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
- A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
Derived terms
- boomhouse
- boomstick
Related terms
- (nautical): buoy, cathead
- crane
Translations
Verb
boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
Etymology 3
Perhaps a figurative development of Etymology 1, above.
Noun
boom (plural booms)
- (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
Antonyms
- (period of prosperity): recession
Descendants
- ? German: Boom
- Indonesian: bum
- ? Japanese: ??? (b?mu)
- ? Polish: boom
Translations
Verb
boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
- (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
- Synonyms: flourish, prosper
- (transitive, dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.
Derived terms
- boom town
Translations
Anagrams
- MOBO, mobo, moob
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch boom, from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch b?m, boum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??m/
Noun
boom (plural bome, diminutive boompie)
- tree
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch b?m, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo?m/
- Hyphenation: boom
- Rhymes: -o?m
Noun
boom m (plural bomen, diminutive boompje n)
- tree
- any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object
- beam
- mast
- Synonym: mast
- boom
- Synonym: giek
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: boom
- ? English: boom
- ? Indonesian: bom (“tree, pole”), bum
- ? Sranan Tongo: bon
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English boom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu?m/
- Hyphenation: boom
Noun
boom m (plural booms, diminutive boompje n)
- boom, as in a market explosion
Derived terms
- babyboom
- boomer
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
See also
- boom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Boom in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
French
Alternative forms
- boum
Etymology
Borrowed from English boom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bum/
Noun
boom m (plural booms)
- boom (dramatically fast increase)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English boom, from Dutch boom - see above.
Noun
boom m (invariable)
- A boom (sound)
- A boom, rapid expansion
- A boom (crane)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch b?m, from Proto-West Germanic *baum.
Noun
bôom m
- tree
- beam, pole
- boom barrier
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: boom
- Limburgish: boum
Further reading
- “boom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “boom (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Polish
Etymology
From English boom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bum/
Noun
boom m inan
- (economics, business) boom (period of prosperity)
- boom (rapid expansion or increase)
Declension
Further reading
- boom in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- boom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English boom.
Noun
boom m (plural booms)
- (economics, business) boom (period of prosperity)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English boom.
Noun
boom m (plural booms)
- boom (period of prosperity or high market activity)
See also
- bum
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coom
English
Etymology 1
Related to Icelandic kámugur.
Noun
coom (uncountable)
- soot, smut
- dust
- grease
Etymology 2
See come.
Verb
coom (third-person singular simple present cooms, present participle cooming, simple past and past participle coomed)
- Pronunciation spelling of come.
- 1838–1839, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Chapman and Hall (1839), chapter XLII, page 411:
- “Not a bit,” replied the Yorkshireman, extending his mouth from ear to ear. “There I lay, snoog in schoolmeasther’s bed long efther it was dark, and nobody coom nigh the pleace. ‘Weel!’ thinks I, ‘he’s got a pretty good start, and if he bean’t whoam by noo, he never will be; so you may coom as quick as you loike, and foind us reddy’—that is, you know, schoolmeasther might coom.”
- 1838–1839, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Chapman and Hall (1839), chapter XLII, page 411:
Etymology 3
Noun
coom (plural cooms)
- (Scotland) The wooden centering on which a bridge is built.
- (Scotland) Anything arched or vaulted.
Derived terms
- coom-ceiled
Anagrams
- COMO, Como, MOOC, MoCo, moco
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