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▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
▸ verb: Of a Eurasian bittern, to make its deep, resonant territorial vocalisation.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make (something) boom.
▸ verb: (aviation) To subject to a sonic boom.
▸ verb: (slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise.
▸ verb: To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
▸ verb: (computer chess, slang) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.
▸ verb: (dated) To move quickly, often while making a booming sound.
▸ noun: A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
▸ noun: A rapid expansion or increase.
▸ noun: (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
▸ noun: One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
▸ noun: (computer chess, slang) An instance of booming.
▸ noun: (sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
▸ noun: A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
▸ noun: (by extension) A microphone supported on such a pole.
▸ noun: A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
▸ noun: (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
▸ noun: A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
▸ noun: A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
▸ noun: The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
▸ noun: A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
▸ verb: To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
▸ verb: (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
▸ noun: A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.
▸ noun: (aviation) Ellipsis of sonic boom. [(physics, aerodynamics) The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.]
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