Boom : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Boom	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Boom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boom n a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder] a state of economic prosperity 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" Synonym(s): boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set Synonym(s): boom, microphone boom any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring v make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" Synonym(s): boom, din hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" Synonym(s): smash, nail, boom, blast be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" Synonym(s): thunder, boom make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song" Synonym(s): boom, boom out grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" Synonym(s): boom, thrive, flourish, expand
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]:
Boom \Boom\ (b[oomac]m), n. [D. boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See {Beam}.] 1. (Naut.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc. 2. (Mech.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended. 3. A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor. [Obs.] 4. (Mil. & Naval) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage. 5. (Lumbering) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away. {Boom iron}, one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse. {The booms}, that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boom \Boom\, n. 1. A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming. 2. A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boom \Boom\, v. t. To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a [bd]boom[b8] for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boom \Boom\ (b[oomac]m), v. t. (Naut.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.