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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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snap
English
Etymology
From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snapp?n? (“to snap; snatch; chatter”), intensive form of *snap?n? ("to snap; grab"; > Old Norse snapa (“to get; scrounge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnew- (“to scrape; scratch; grate; rub”). Cognate with West Frisian snappe (“to get; catch; snap”), German schnappen (“to grab”), Swedish snappa (“to snatch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snæp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Noun
snap (countable and uncountable, plural snaps)
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- A sudden break.
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- (informal) A photograph; a snapshot.
- We took a few snaps of the old church before moving on.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- a ginger snap
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- It'll be a snap to get that finished.
- I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- (American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- (Britain, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- 1913, D H Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 89:
- When I went to put my coat on at snap time, what should go runnin' up my arm but a mouse.
- 1913, D H Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 89:
- (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- (obsolete) A greedy fellow.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- He's a nimble fellow, / And alike skill'd in every liberal science, / As having certain snaps of all.
- briskness; vigour; energy; decision
- (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
- 1920, Cornell Forester (volumes 1-6)
- The Profs they lead a jolly life, jolly life, / They're free from every care and strife, care and strife. / They make the studes, poor studes fall into line; / I wish the Profs' soft snap were mine.
- 1920, Cornell Forester (volumes 1-6)
- (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- 2003, Clive Selwood, All the Moves (but None of the Licks) (page 33)
- The job was a snap. I travelled the country averaging a thousand miles a week and, since the previous incumbent had been a lazy bugger, managed to treble the business. It was a cinch.
- 2003, Clive Selwood, All the Moves (but None of the Licks) (page 33)
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- (colloquial) Something of no value.
- not worth a snap
- (Internet) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- 2014, Newton Lee, Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness, p. 51:
- By April 2014, over 700 million snaps are shared per day on Snapchat — more than Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social networks.
- 2015, Suse Barnes, Like, Follow, Share: Awesome, Actionable Social Media Marketing to Maximise Your Online Potential, p. 238:
- The oldest snaps will be deleted after 24 hours, and to keep the story going you'll have to add new content regularly.
- 2015, Yuval Karniel, Amit Lavie-Dinur, Privacy and Fame: How We Expose Ourselves across Media Platforms, p. 120:
- While Snapchat bases its whole product marketing on the auto-deletion of the snaps (images and videos) so that they are not stored, recent reports indicate otherwise.
- 2014, Newton Lee, Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness, p. 51:
- (uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- A tool used by riveters.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- (slang, dated) A brief theatrical engagement.
- (slang, dated) A cheat or sharper.
- A newsflash.
- 2013, Paul Chantler, ?Peter Stewart, Basic Radio Journalism (page 159)
- A 'snap' usually becomes a 'newsflash' on air. Keep snaps short, only run them when news is really 'hot', and try not to break a story within a few minutes of the bulletin unless it is top priority.
- 2013, Paul Chantler, ?Peter Stewart, Basic Radio Journalism (page 159)
Derived terms
- bang snap
- snapless
- snappish
- snappy
- snap roll
Translations
Verb
snap (third-person singular simple present snaps, present participle snapping, simple past and past participle snapped or (obsolete) snapt)
- (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- He snapped his stick in anger.
- If you bend it too much, it will snap.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it.
- (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- Blazing firewood snaps.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- She snapped at the chance to appear on television.
- (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- She should take a break before she snaps.
- (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.
- (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last.
- (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Granville to this entry?)
- (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- to snap a fastener
- to snap a whip
- (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- (transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.
- To misfire.
- The gun snapped.
- (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
snap!
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- (Britain, Australia) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.
- (Britain) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
- (Canada, US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- "I just ran over your phone with my car." "Oh, snap!"
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
- "Wasn't that John?" "Wasn't that John?" "Snap!"
Synonyms
- (used after simultaneous utterance): jinx
Translations
Adjective
snap (not comparable)
- (informal, attributive) Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.
- 1889, The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet, volume 10, issue 8:
- Now I should consider it a very snap judgment or a snap diagnosis for anybody to come into a medical society
- 1889, The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet, volume 10, issue 8:
Derived terms
- snap election
See also
- Snap (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- snap at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ANPs, NPAS, NSPA, PANs, PNAS, PNAs, Pans, SPAN, naps, pans, span
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
snap
- first-person singular present indicative of snappen
- imperative of snappen
Anagrams
- span
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Noun
snap m (genitive singular snaip, plural snapan)
- trigger (of a gun)
- morsel
Derived terms
- snapach (“having a trigger; that misses fire; that fires; that strikes fast”)
Verb
snap (past snap, future snapaidh, verbal noun snapadh, past participle snapta)
- pull a trigger
- misfire
Derived terms
- snapaireachd (“snapping, snapping sound, as that caused by pulling the trigger of a gun”)
References
- “snap” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
Spanish
Noun
snap m (plural snaps)
- snap (photograph)
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