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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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roll
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???l/
- (General American) enPR: r?l, IPA(key): /?o?l/
- Homophone: role
Etymology 1
From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotul?re (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin roll?re, from the same ultimate source.
Verb
roll (third-person singular simple present rolls, present participle rolling, simple past and past participle rolled)
- (transitive) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
- (intransitive) To turn over and over.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth
- And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
- The gentleman aimed the ball once or twice and then threw it up the strand towards Cissy Caffrey but it rolled down the slope and stopped right under Gerty's skirt near the little pool by the rock.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth
- (intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
- (transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
- The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
- (ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
- (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
- (transitive) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
- (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
- The pastry rolls well.
- (ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey.
- (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To compete, especially with vigor.
- (transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- (transitive) To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- (US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
- 2006, Chris McKenna, "Kids at party chant as police sergeant is beaten by angry teens", Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY), Tuesday, November 21, [1].
- "This is how we roll in Spring Valley," one teen reportedly boasted.
- 2006, Chris McKenna, "Kids at party chant as police sergeant is beaten by angry teens", Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY), Tuesday, November 21, [1].
- (dice games, intransitive) To throw dice.
- (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- (role-playing games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
- (intransitive, computing) To generate a random number.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
- (intransitive, in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
- 19th c., Rolling Down to Old Maui (anon.)
- We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground / Rolling down to Old Maui
- early 20th c., Randy Dandy-O (anon.)
- Now we are ready to head for the Horn / Way-hey, roll and go!
- 19th c., Rolling Down to Old Maui (anon.)
- (transitive) To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
- (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
- (slang, intransitive) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
- 2000, Michael Sunstar, Underground Rave Dance,[2] Writers Club Press, ?ISBN, page 15:
- Cindy replied, “Wow, that’s great. Did you try E at those parties?” Steel said, “Oh yeah. I was rolling hard at the Willy Wonka party.”
- 2003, Karin Slaughter, A Faint Cold Fear (novel), HarperCollins, ?ISBN, page 169:
- The crowd was rolling on Ecstasy, and the lights enhanced the experience. […] He would use it to keep his teeth from chattering while he was rolling.
- a. 2007, unidentified Internet user quoted in Joseph A. Kotarba, “Music as a Feature of the Online Discussion of Illegal Drugs”, in Edward Murguía et al. (editors), Real Drugs in a Virtual World: Drug Discourse and Community Online, Lexington Books (2007), ?ISBN
- So the quesion is When you are rolling what gets you in that “ecstasy” state more: hard pounding energetic music or smoother and gentler music? Personally for me its gentler music because when I’m rolling my mind can’t really keep up with all the hard pounding intriquet sounds […]
- 2000, Michael Sunstar, Underground Rave Dance,[2] Writers Club Press, ?ISBN, page 15:
- (transitive, intransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
- (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
- 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:
- Rolled far too easily by Marc-Antoine Fortuné, Demichelis compounded his error by standing on the striker's foot. In the absence of the injured Watson, Gómez converted the penalty.
- 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:
- (intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
- The years roll on.
- (intransitive) To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- (figuratively, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon On The Vanity Of The World
- Here tell me, if thou darest, my conscious soul,
- what different sorrows did within thee roll?
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon On The Vanity Of The World
- (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
- The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
- (transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
- (transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
- (transitive) To create a customized version of.
- 2000, Mark F. Komarinski and Cary Collett, Red Hat Linux System Administration Handbook, page 311, [4]
- 2006, Keyboard, volume 32, page 188, [5]
- 2010, Joseph Rattz and Adam Freeman, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2010, page 208, [6]
- 2015, Hyer Thomas, Derivatives Algorithms - Volume 1: Bones (Second Edition), page 135, [7]
- 2000, Mark F. Komarinski and Cary Collett, Red Hat Linux System Administration Handbook, page 311, [4]
- (transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
roll (plural rolls)
- The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
- Something which rolls.
- A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
- One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
- A swagger or rolling gait.
- A heavy, reverberatory sound.
- The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
- (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
- (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
- The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
- An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
- The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, role, roule, from Medieval Latin rotulus (“a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a paper or parchment rolled up”); as such, it is a doublet of role.
Noun
roll (plural rolls)
- That which is rolled up.
- A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon On The Vanity Of The World
- Busy angels spread / The lasting roll, recording what we say.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon On The Vanity Of The World
- An official or public document; a register; a record
- 1713 Sir M. Hale, The History of the Common Law of England (posthumously published)
- As to the rolls of parliament, viz. the entry of the several petitions, answers and transactions in parliament. Those are generally and successively extant of record in the Tower
- 1713 Sir M. Hale, The History of the Common Law of England (posthumously published)
- A catalogue or list
- c. 1666, John Davies, Historical Relations: Or, a Discovery of the True Causes Why Ireland Was Never Entirely Subdued, Nor Brought Under Obedience of the Crown of England Until the Beginning of the Reign of King James I
- The roll and list of that army doth remain.
- c. 1666, John Davies, Historical Relations: Or, a Discovery of the True Causes Why Ireland Was Never Entirely Subdued, Nor Brought Under Obedience of the Crown of England Until the Beginning of the Reign of King James I
- A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
- (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
- A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 594:
- Parchement is sold by the dozen, and by the roll of five dozens.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 594:
- (US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Rolls
Further reading
- roll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- roll in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
roll m (genitive singular roll, nominative plural rollanna)
- roll
Declension
Verb
roll (present analytic rollann, future analytic rollfaidh, verbal noun rolladh, past participle rollta)
- (transitive, intransitive) roll
- (transitive) form into a roll
Conjugation
Alternative forms
- rollaigh, rolláil
Derived terms
Further reading
- "roll" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “roll” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “roll” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
roll c
- role
- roll (the rotation angle about the longitudinal axis)
Declension
Derived terms
- (part): huvudroll, huvudrollsinnehavare, karaktärsroll, könsroll, rollfördelning, rollista, rollspel, spela någon roll , det spelar ingen roll, titelroll, yrkesroll
- (rotation): tunnelroll
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