boom  /bum/

noun

1. a deep prolonged loud noise

synset: boom, roar, roaring, thunder

2. a state of economic prosperity

synset: boom

3. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"

synset: boom, bonanza, gold_rush, gravy, godsend, manna_from_heaven, windfall, bunce

4. a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

synset: boom, microphone_boom

5. any of various horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring

synset: boom

verb

1. make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

synset: boom, din

2. hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"

synset: smash, nail, boom, blast

3. be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"

synset: thunder, boom

4. make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song"

synset: boom, boom_out

5. grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

synset: boom, thrive, flourish, expand

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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