ALL meanings of booming
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B b - adjective booming perceived as too loud 3
- verb without object booming to sail at full speed. 1
- verb with object booming to extend or position, as a sail (usually followed by out or off). 1
- verb with object booming to manipulate (an object) by or as by means of a crane or derrick. 1
- noun booming 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 booming 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 booming a chain, cable, series of connected floating timbers, or the like, serving to obstruct navigation, confine floating timber, etc. 1
- noun booming the area thus shut off. 1
- noun booming Machinery. a spar or beam projecting from the mast of a derrick for supporting or guiding the weights to be lifted. 1
- noun booming (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 booming caused by or characteristic of a boom: boom prices. 1
- idioms booming lower the boom, to take decisive punitive action: The government has lowered the boom on tax evaders. 1
- adjective booming resonant 1
- adjective booming flourishing 1
- noun booming resonant sound 1
- noun booming The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound. 0
- verb booming present participle of boom. 0
- adjective booming Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth. 0
- adjective booming Loud and resonant. 0