boom
1. a deep prolonged loud noise (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
roar, roaring, thunder
• Derivationally related forms:
thunderous (for: thunder), thunder (for: thunder), roar (for: roaring), roar (for: roar)
• Hypernyms:
noise
2. a state of economic prosperity
• Hypernyms:
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 like an assembly line
• Syn:
bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven,
windfall, bunce
• Hypernyms:
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
4. a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
• Syn:
microphone boom
• Hypernyms:
pole
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
• Hypernyms:
spar
• Part Holonyms:
sailing vessel, sailing ship
1. make a resonant sound, like artillery (Freq. 5)
- His deep voice boomed through the hall
• Syn:
din
• Derivationally related forms:
din (for: din)
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Cars boom in the streets
- The streets boom with cars
2. hit hard (Freq. 1)
- He smashed a 3-run homer
• Syn:
smash, nail, blast
• Derivationally related forms:
blast (for: blast), smash (for: smash), smasher (for: smash)
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. be the case that thunder is being heard
- Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed
• Syn:
thunder
• Derivationally related forms:
thunder (for: thunder)
• Entailment:
storm
• Verb Frames:
- It is ----ing
- It was booming all day long
- The business is going to boom
4. make a deep hollow sound
- Her voice booms out the words of the song
• Syn:
boom out
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. grow vigorously
- The deer population in this town is thriving
- business is booming
• Syn:
thrive, flourish, expand
• Derivationally related forms:
expansible (for: expand)
• Hypernyms:
grow
• Hyponyms:
revive, luxuriate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The business is going to boom
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