Booming : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Booming	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Booming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
booming adj very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" Synonym(s): booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving used of the voice Synonym(s): booming, stentorian
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boom \Boom\ (b[oomac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boomed}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Booming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W. bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow sound, i. e., the bittern. Cf. {Bum}, {Bump}, v. i., {Bomb}, v. i.] 1. To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects. At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson. 2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. Alarm guns booming through the night air. --W. Irving. 3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind. She comes booming down before it. --Totten. 4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Booming \Boom"ing\, a. 1. Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding. O'er the sea-beat ships the booming waters roar. --Falcone. 2. Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Booming \Boom"ing\, n. The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns. --Howitt.