ALL meanings of boom
boom
B b - countable noun boom If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold. 3
- countable noun boom A boom in something is an increase in its amount, frequency, or success. 3
- verb boom If the economy or a business is booming, the amount of things being bought or sold is increasing. 3
- countable noun boom On a boat, the boom is the long pole which is attached to the bottom of the sail and to the mast and which you move when you want to alter the direction in which you are sailing. 3
- countable noun boom A boom is a large floating barrier that is used for stopping oil that has spilled from spreading. 3
- verb boom When something such as someone's voice, a cannon, or a big drum booms, it makes a loud, deep sound that lasts for several seconds. 3
- verb boom Boom out means the same as boom. 3
- verb boom Boom is also a noun. 3
- verb boom to make a deep prolonged resonant sound, as of thunder or artillery fire 3
- verb boom to prosper or cause to prosper vigorously and rapidly 3
- noun boom a deep prolonged resonant sound 3
- noun boom the cry of certain animals, esp the bittern 3
- noun boom a period of high economic growth characterized by rising wages, profits, and prices, full employment, and high levels of investment, trade, and other economic activity 3
- noun boom any similar period of high activity 3
- noun boom the activity itself 3
- noun boom a spar to which a sail is fastened to control its position relative to the wind 3
- noun boom a beam or spar pivoting at the foot of the mast of a derrick, controlling the distance from the mast at which a load is lifted or lowered 3
- noun boom a pole, usually extensible, carrying an overhead microphone and projected over a film or television set 3
- noun boom a barrier across a waterway, usually consisting of a chain of connected floating logs, to confine free-floating logs, protect a harbour from attack, etc 3
- noun boom the area so barred off 3
- intransitive verb boom to make a deep, hollow, resonant sound 3
- verb transitive boom to speak or indicate with such a sound 3
- noun boom a booming sound, as of thunder, heavy guns, etc. 3
- noun boom the resonant cry of certain animals, as the bullfrog 3
- noun boom a spar extending from a mast to hold the bottom of a sail outstretched 3
- noun boom a long beam extending as from an upright to lift or carry something and guide it as needed 3
- noun boom a barrier of chains or poles to obstruct navigation 3
- noun boom a barrier across a river or around an area of water to prevent floating logs from dispersing 3
- noun boom the area in which logs are thus confined 3
- noun boom a retractable metal tube for transferring fuel from a tanker to another plane in flight 3
- verb transitive boom to stretch out (sails) as with a boom so as to take maximum advantage of a wind abaft the beam and hence make speed 3
- intransitive verb boom to go rapidly along; move with speed or vigor 3
- intransitive verb boom to increase suddenly in size, importance, activity, etc.; undergo swift, vigorous growth; flourish 3
- verb transitive boom to promote vigorously; popularize 3
- noun boom swift, vigorous growth or development 3
- noun boom a period of business prosperity, industrial expansion, etc. 3
- noun boom a sudden favorable turn in business or political prospects 3
- adjective boom of, characteristic of, or resulting from a boom in business, etc. 3
- noun boom A financial boom is an increase in economic activity with rapid growth and rising prices. 3
- verb without object boom to sail at full speed. 1
- verb with object boom to extend or position, as a sail (usually followed by out or off). 1
- verb with object boom to manipulate (an object) by or as by means of a crane or derrick. 1
- noun boom Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc. 1
- noun boom Aeronautics. an outrigger used on certain aircraft for connecting the tail surfaces to the fuselage. a maneuverable and retractable pipe on a tanker aircraft for refueling another aircraft in flight. chord1 (def 4). 1
- noun boom a chain, cable, series of connected floating timbers, or the like, serving to obstruct navigation, confine floating timber, etc. 1
- noun boom the area thus shut off. 1
- noun boom Machinery. a spar or beam projecting from the mast of a derrick for supporting or guiding the weights to be lifted. 1
- noun boom (on a motion-picture or television stage) a spar or beam on a mobile crane for holding or manipulating a microphone or camera. 1
- adjective boom caused by or characteristic of a boom: boom prices. 1
- idioms boom lower the boom, to take decisive punitive action: The government has lowered the boom on tax evaders. 1