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Bomb

Noun

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1.NounAn explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft. The atomic bomb.
"During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes."
2.NounThe atomic bomb.
"During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes."
3.NounEvents or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
4.NounA grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell.
5.NounEllipsis of bomb ship.
6.NounAlternative form of boom (“barrier used to obstruct navigation for military or other purposes”)
7.NounAny explosive charge.
"The mineworkers are setting their bombs."
8.NounA bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
"The children are playing with water bombs in the garden.; Activists threw paint bombs at the famous artwork."
9.NounAnything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
"That turkey fryer is a bomb waiting to go off.; The gas leak tragically turned the house into a bomb."
10.NounA fart.
"He just dropped a bomb."
11.NounA failure; an unpopular commercial product.
"box-office bomb"
12.NounA car in poor condition.
13.NounA large amount of money.
"make a bomb; cost a bomb"
14.NounSomething highly effective or attractive. A success; the bomb.
"Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.; It was an ordinary speech, until the president dropped a bomb: he would be retiring for medical reasons.; Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi."
15.NounA success; the bomb.
"Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb."
16.NounA very attractive woman.
17.NounAn action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
"It was an ordinary speech, until the president dropped a bomb: he would be retiring for medical reasons.; Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi."
18.NounAn obscene word identified by its first letter.
"Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi."
19.NounA long forward pass.
20.NounA high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
21.NounA throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
22.NounA highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
23.NounA piece of food, often small, usually intensely flavored.
24.NounA cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
25.NounA heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
26.NounA great booming noise; a hollow sound.
27.NounA woman’s breast.
28.NounA professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
29.NounA recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
30.NounAn act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
31.VerbTo attack using one or more bombs; to bombard. To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
32.VerbTo attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
33.VerbTo jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash. To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly. To move at high speed.
"I was bombing down the road on my motorbike."
34.VerbTo jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
35.VerbTo add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
36.VerbTo move at high speed.
"I was bombing down the road on my motorbike."
37.VerbTo make oneself drunk. To cover an area in many graffiti tags. To fail dismally.
"I totally bombed that exam."
38.VerbTo make oneself drunk.
39.VerbTo cover an area in many graffiti tags.
40.VerbTo fail dismally.
"I totally bombed that exam."
41.VerbTo crash.
42.VerbTo make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
43.VerbTo sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
44.VerbSynonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).
45.AdjectiveGreat, awesome.
"Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!"
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