Found 3 items, similar to boom.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: boom batangan, berdentum, kenaikan harga, membumbung, menderum
English → English (WordNet) Definition: boom boom v 1: make a resonant sound, like artillery; “His deep voice boomed through the hall” [syn: din] 2: hit hard; “He smashed a 3-run homer” [syn: smash, nail, blast] 3: be the case that thunder is being heard; “Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed” [syn: thunder] 4: make a deep hollow sound; “Her voice booms out the words of the song” [syn: boom out] 5: grow stronger; “The economy was booming” [syn: prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish, expand] boom n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: roar, roaring, thunder] 2: a state of economic prosperity 3: 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 lik an assembly line” [syn: bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven , windfall, bunce] 4: a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set [syn: microphone boom] 5: 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Boom Boom \Boom\ (b[=oo]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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Boom \Boom\, n. 1. A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Boom \Boom\ (b[=oo]m), v. t. (Naut.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat. [1913 Webster] Boom \Boom\, v. t. To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a “boom” for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] Boom \Boom\ (b[=oo]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. [1913 Webster] At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. [1913 Webster] Alarm guns booming through the night air. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind. [1913 Webster] She comes booming down before it. --Totten. [1913 Webster] 4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly. [1913 Webster]