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Verb
/bo͞om/,
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booms, plural;
  1. Enjoy a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth
    • - business is booming
    • - the popularity of soy-based foods has boomed in the last two decades
Noun
  1. A long pole or rod, in particular

  2. A spar pivoting on the after side of the mast and to which the foot of a vessel's sail is attached, allowing the angle of the sail to be changed

  3. A movable arm over a television or movie set, carrying a microphone or camera
    • - a boom mike
  4. A long beam extending upward at an angle from the mast of a derrick, for guiding or supporting objects being moved or suspended

  5. A floating beam used to contain oil spills or to form a barrier across the mouth of a harbor or river

  6. A retractable tube for inflight transfer of fuel from a tanker airplane to another airplane

  1. (boom) a deep prolonged loud noise
  2. (boom) make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"
  3. (boom) a state of economic prosperity
  4. (boom) smash: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
  5. (boom) 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 like an assembly line"
  6. (boom) thunder: be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
  7. (Boom (2003 film)) Boom (Hindi: बूम, Urdu: بُوم) is a Bollywood film that was released on 19 September 2003. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Padma Lakshmi, Madhu Sapre, Katrina Kaif and Zeenat Aman. The film was a box office disaster and was panned by the critics. . ...
  8. (Boom (Anjulie song)) Anjulie is a Canadian singer/songwriter from Oakville, Ontario Canada, a suburb outside of Toronto. She was born and raised in Canada, and her parents are from Guyana of Indian descent. She is the youngest of four children. ...
  9. (Boom (containment)) A containment boom is a "temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill. Booms are used to reduce the possibility of polluting shorelines and other resources, and to help make recovery easier. ...
  10. (Boom (economic)) The term boom and bust refers to a great buildup in the price of a particular commodity or, alternately, the localized rise in an economy, often based upon the value of a single commodity, followed by a downturn as the commodity price falls due to a change in economic ...
  11. (Boom (Flight of the Conchords song)) Flight of the Conchords is the debut full-length studio recorded album by New Zealand folk parody duo Flight of the Conchords, released April 21, 2008 by Sub Pop. ...
  12. (Boom (P.O.D. song)) "Boom" is the third single off P.O.D.'s second major label studio album Satellite. While it did not chart as well as the album's previous singles, the song has appeared significantly in film and television. ...
  13. (boom) A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion; To make a loud, resonant sound; (figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder; To make something boom; used to suggest the sound of an explosion
  14. (Boom) A truck used to hoist heavy material up and into place. To put trusses on a home or to set a heavy beam into place.
  15. (boom) A spar attached to a sail at its foot.
  16. (boom) a pole upon which a microphone can be suspended above the scene is being filmed and which is used to change the microphone's position as the action shifts.
  17. (boom) Industry term: Overhead microphone used to record actors' voices
  18. (Boom) A raft of logs or a string of logs chained together, end to end, used to hold floating logs. A means of log storage or transportation.
  19. (Boom) The spar extending the bottom of a lugsail.
  20. (boom) The spar to which the foot of the sail is attached with lacing, slides, or a groove.
  21. (boom) A long movable stand, crane, arm, or pole for mounting and moving a microphone (boom microphone) or camera. The boom arm is the circular arm on a camera platform that controls the vertical position of the camera. ...
  22. (Boom) it is the horizontal pole that extends from the bottom of the mast
  23. (BOOM) A spar used to extend the foot of a sail.
  24. (BOOM) A long, round, heavy spar, pivoted at one end, generally used for hoisting cargo, etc. On sailing vessels the spar holding the bottom of a fore-and-aft sal.
  25. (BOOM) 1) Vertical scaffolding pole (usually 48mm diameter) on which horizontal boom arms can be mounted, carrying lanterns. Often used behind wings for side-lighting etc. ...