ALL meanings of boomed
boom
B b - verb without object boomed to sail at full speed. 1
- verb with object boomed to extend or position, as a sail (usually followed by out or off). 1
- verb with object boomed to manipulate (an object) by or as by means of a crane or derrick. 1
- noun boomed 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 boomed 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 boomed a chain, cable, series of connected floating timbers, or the like, serving to obstruct navigation, confine floating timber, etc. 1
- noun boomed the area thus shut off. 1
- noun boomed Machinery. a spar or beam projecting from the mast of a derrick for supporting or guiding the weights to be lifted. 1
- noun boomed (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 boomed caused by or characteristic of a boom: boom prices. 1
- idioms boomed lower the boom, to take decisive punitive action: The government has lowered the boom on tax evaders. 1
- verb boomed simple past tense and past participle of boom. 0