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exclaim
English
Alternative forms
- exclame [16th-17th c.]
Etymology
From Middle French exclamer, from Latin excl?m?, excl?m?re (“call out”), from ex- + cl?m? (“to call”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?skle?m/, /?k?skle?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
Verb
exclaim (third-person singular simple present exclaims, present participle exclaiming, simple past and past participle exclaimed)
- (intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 3,[1]
- I am a soldier, and unapt to weep,
- Or to exclaim on fortune’s fickleness.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 9, p. 33,[2]
- Very grave and good Women exclaimed against Men who begot Children and then disowned them.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Chapter 12,[3]
- This wretched note was the finale of Emma’s breakfast. When once it had been read, there was no doing any thing, but lament and exclaim.
- 1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985, p. 114,[4]
- […] he could remember Sally tearing off a rose, stopping to exclaim at the beauty of the cabbage leaves in the moonlight […]
- 2011, Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child, New York: Knopf, Part 4, Chapter 1, p. 285,[5]
- […] at the front door below a few guests were leaving, and the bright rectangle widened and narrowed as they slipped out into the night, laughing and exclaiming about the weather.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 3,[1]
- (transitive) To say suddenly and with strong emotion.
- 1603, Michael Drayton, The Barrons Wars in the Raigne of Edward the Second, London: N. Ling, “Alice Countesse of Salisburie, to the blacke Prince,” p. 31,[6]
- Must she be forc’d, t’exclaime th’iniurious wrong?
- Offred by him, whom she hath lou’d so long?
- Nay, I will tell, and I durst almost sweare,
- Edward will blush, when he his fault shall heare.
- 1748, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random, London: J. Osborn, Volume 2, Chapter 40, p. 28,[7]
- […] her aunt, after having stared at me a good while with a look of amazement, exclaimed, “In the name of heaven! Who art thou?”—
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 12,[8]
- Without returning any direct reply, Miss Squeers, all at once, fell into a paroxysm of spiteful tears, and exclaimed that she was a wretched, neglected, miserable castaway.
- “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
- 2017, André Aciman, Enigma Variations, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, “Manfred,” p. 135,[9]
- You never pump your arm when you score, you never exclaim anything, you don’t even smile when you fire a perfect backhand straight down the line.
- 1603, Michael Drayton, The Barrons Wars in the Raigne of Edward the Second, London: N. Ling, “Alice Countesse of Salisburie, to the blacke Prince,” p. 31,[6]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:shout
Derived terms
- exclaimer
Related terms
Translations
Noun
exclaim (plural exclaims)
- (obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene 2,[10]
- Foul devil, for God’s sake, hence, and trouble us not;
- For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell,
- Fill’d it with cursing cries and deep exclaims.
- 1635, John Donne, “His parting form her”:
- Oh fortune, thou’rt not worth my least exclame [...].
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene 2,[10]
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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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