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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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. 3. A pole with a conspicuous top set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor. [Obs.] 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. 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 {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson. 2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. Alarm guns booming through the night air. --W. Irving. 3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind. She comes booming down before it --Totten. 4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boom \Boom\, n. 1. A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming. 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: boom n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: {roar}, {roaring}, {thunder}] 2: a state of economic prosperity 3: a sudden happening that brings very good fortune [syn: {bonanza}, {goldmine}, {manna from heaven}] 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 v 1: make a resonant sound; as of 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 [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}]
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