bomb

bomb is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A great noise; a hollow sound. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A great noise; a hollow sound.
2. noun. A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.
3. noun. A bomb ketch.
4. transitive verb. To bombard.
5. intransitive verb. To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
6. noun. an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
7. noun. strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
8. noun. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

   "the first experiment was a real turkey"

   "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

   Synonyms: dud, turkey

9. verb. throw bombs at or attack with bombs

   "The Americans bombed Dresden"

   Synonyms: bombard

10. verb. fail to get a passing grade

    "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"

    "Did I fail the test?"

    Synonyms: fail, flunk

Synonyms

dud, turkey, bombard, fail, flunk

Common word forms

bombs, bombed, bomber, bombes, bombing, bombous, bombable

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