boom

boom is a 4-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 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 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
2. noun. A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
3. noun. A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
4. noun. A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
5. noun. A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
6. transitive verb. To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
7. intransitive verb. To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
8. intransitive verb. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
9. intransitive verb. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
10. intransitive verb. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
11. noun. A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
12. noun. A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee.
13. transitive verb. To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator.
14. noun. any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
15. noun. a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
16. noun. a deep prolonged loud noise

    Synonyms: roar, roaring, thunder

17. noun. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

    "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"

    Synonyms: bonanza, bunce, godsend, gravy, windfall

18. noun. a state of economic prosperity
19. verb. grow vigorously

    "The deer population in this town is thriving"

    "business is booming"

    Synonyms: expand, flourish, thrive

20. verb. hit hard

    "He smashed a 3-run homer"

    Synonyms: blast, nail, smash

21. verb. make a deep hollow sound

    "Her voice booms out the words of the song"

22. verb. make a resonant sound, like artillery

    "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

    Synonyms: din

23. verb. be the case that thunder is being heard

    "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"

    Synonyms: thunder

Synonyms

roar, roaring, thunder, bonanza, bunce, godsend, gravy, windfall, expand, flourish, thrive, blast, nail, smash, din

Common word forms

booms, boomed, boomer, booming, boomable, boomless

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