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- English Word Boom Definition To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
- English Word Boom Definition To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
- English Word Boom Definition A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
- English Word Boom Definition 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.
- English Word Boom Definition 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.
- English Word Boomdas Definition A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.
- English Word Boomed Definition of Boom
- English Word Boomer Definition One who, or that which, booms.
- English Word Boomer Definition A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel.
- English Word Boomer Definition A large male kangaroo.
- English Word Boomer Definition One who works up a "boom".
- English Word Boomerang Definition A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.
- English Word Booming Definition of Boom
- English Word Booming Definition Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
- English Word Booming Definition Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity.
- English Word Booming Definition 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.
- English Word Boomkin Definition Same as Bumkin.
- English Word Boomorah Definition A small West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.
- English Word Boomslange Definition A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.
- English Word Boon Definition A prayer or petition.
- English Word Boon Definition That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
- English Word Boon Definition Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
- English Word Boon Definition Kind; bountiful; benign.
- English Word Boon Definition Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
- English Word Boon Definition The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
- English Word Boor Definition A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
- English Word Boor Definition A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
- English Word Boor Definition A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
- English Word Boorish Definition Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.
- English Word Boort Definition See Bort.