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4 definitions found 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]: Booming \Boom"ing\, a. 1. Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding. O'er the sea-beat ships the booming waters roar. --Falcone. 2. Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as booming prices; booming popularity. [Colloq. U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Booming \Boom"ing\, n. The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as the booming of bitterns. --Howitt. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: booming adj 1: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" [syn: {flourishing}, {palmy}, {prospering}, {prosperous}, {roaring}, {thriving}] 2: used of the voice [syn: {stentorian}]
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