BOOM

v. thunder; make noise

n. noise, din; rapid prosperity; long rod that carries a microphone from above and hangs over a movie or television set; horizontal mast of a sailing ship

Boom may refer to: Computer/soundsA sound such as a sonic boomAn onomatopoeia for the sound of an explosionA mechanical arm for holding equipment, such as a microphoneBoom operator (media), an assistant to the production sound mixerBoom (source port), a source port of the computer game DoomNature/SportsBoom (sailing), spar at the foot of a sail on a sail boatBoom (windsurfing), a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipmentBoom (barrier), a floating barrier, usually a chain supported by interspersed buoyant elements, for blocking a waterway, such as a narrow harbour entrance or a riverLog boom, a barrier placed in a river, designed to collect and or contain floating logs timbered from nearby forestsBoom (game), an Australian game of soccer in which tackling is allowed
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Noun
1. a deep prolonged loud noise
(synonym) roar, roaring, thunder
(hypernym) noise
(derivation) boom out
2. a state of economic prosperity
(hypernym) prosperity
(derivation) prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish, expand
3. 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 lik an assembly line"
(synonym) bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
(hypernym) happening, occurrence, natural event
4. a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
(synonym) microphone boom
(hypernym) pole
5. 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
(hypernym) spar
(part-holonym) sailing vessel, sailing ship
Verb
1. make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"
(synonym) din
(hypernym) sound, go
(derivation) roar, roaring, thunder
2. hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
(synonym) smash, nail, blast
(hypernym) hit
3. be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
(synonym) thunder
(entail) storm
4. make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song"
(synonym) boom out
(hypernym) sound, go
(derivation) roar, roaring, thunder
5. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
(synonym) prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish, expand
(hypernym) grow
(hyponym) revive

n. boom, rapid prosperity

n. boom, bandwagon