Definitions
1.nounA low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion."The boom of the surf."
2.nounA rapid expansion or increase."You should prepare for the coming boom in the tech industry."
3.nounOne of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
4.verbTo make a loud, hollow, resonant sound."I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel."
5.verb(of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
6.verbTo make something boom."Men in grey robes slowly boom the drums of death."
7.verbTo publicly praise.
8.verbTo rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
9.interjectionUsed to suggest the sound of an explosion.
10.interjectionUsed to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.