to boom
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3.4
- verb
- /buːm/
- As if in answer to Jack's question, we hear Santa's booming ho-ho-ho high up in the sky.
- voice boomed
- sound boomed
Examples
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And we could hear something else: deep booming with a concussion, like artillery fire.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Ho there, you boy," boomed a voice down the hall behind Mont.
Fiction book (1992) -
And then from somewhere up on the hill, we hear this loud booming Southern voice.
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"Always a pleasure to deal with you, Arthur," boomed the school board member.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Then it was picked up by the others, growing louder until it boomed from the surrounding rocks.
Fiction book (1990) -
When they had given up, I boomed orders at them through a speaker in the crate.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then, with great clarity, the voice boomed, "I do not weigh livestock."
Fiction book (1992) -
His voice was deep and serious; it boomed evenly on about protests against the government.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Welcome to the Feast of the Transfiguration," St. Ed's voice boomed through the chapel.
Fiction book (1993) -
The thunder boomed loudly during the storm, shaking the windows.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make a loud deep continuous sound like an animal, crowd, or machine
84
2.5
To make a low, deep, continuous sound
39
4.3
To hit something with great force, often in sport
26
3.6
To make a loud clear sound that people can hear far away
21
3.2
To make a loud, strong sound to show anger or give orders
11
5.3
To fill a room with a loud sound that echoes
1
5.7
To make a deep loud sound that can be heard far away
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
8
4.5
A loud, explosive sound made when something like a plane goes faster than sound
5
3.5
People in the United States born between 1946 and 1964 when birth rates rose after World War II
- Specialized
A long pole that holds a microphone above actors on a film or TV set out of the camera's view
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Boom The verb meaning 'to make a deep, loud, and resonant sound' comes from the word that copies that noise; people used 'boom' to copy the sound of thunder or a cannon, so to boom is to produce a heavy, echoing sound.