boom : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II
  baby boom.
  

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• noun the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II
  baby boom.
  

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• noun a portable stereo
  ghetto blaster.
  

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• one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse.

Webster 1913

• verb make a deep hollow sound
  boom.
  
  • Her voice booms out the words of the song

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• noun a town enjoying sudden prosperity
  

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• (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.

Webster 1913

Gib" boom`

Definitions

1. See Jib boom.

Webster 1913

• (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by another spar called the flying jib boom . Written also gib boom.

Webster 1913

• noun small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
  Transvaal kafferboom; Erythrina lysistemon.
  
• noun small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
  Cape kafferboom; Erythrina caffra.
  

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• (Naut.), the boom which extends the foot of the mainsail in a fore and aft vessel.

Webster 1913

• noun a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
  boom.
  

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• (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.

Webster 1913

• a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side.

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• noun an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound
  
  • a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship

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• (Naut.), a boom to which a spanker sail is attached. See Illust. of Ship.

Webster 1913

• that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed.

Webster 1913