boom box
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈbuːm bɑːks/
- Archaic
:
radiocasete portátil
- We brought a boom box to the beach to play our favorite songs all day.
- played on a boom box
Oh, it's got power all right, JBL boom box, JBL boom band.
- Oh, it's got power all right, JBL boom box, JBL boom band.
- There was a elevator repairman and he had his boom box cranking out Hard Rock.
- And they put a guy on the airplane with a boom box.
- I'm standing now and DC come in with his crew with a boom box.
- And so anyway, I was one of these these guys and I had like a, a boom box that I carried around and I'd, I'd play it out of my locker.
- I say, Sir, if you ever bring a boom box into one of my meetings, that would be the last time you hear that music playing.
- I mean, when a dancing cop comes to my apartment, they always bring their own boom box dancing.
- Well, we in a way, our main science package is a boom box.
Examples
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The kid watches as the boom box plays an obscure favorite of Russell's, Eddie Giles.
Fiction book (2000) -
At this hour, not quite midmorning, the boom box on the table is playing old favorites by Led Zeppelin.
Fiction book (1995) -
Go to her house, bring a boom box, wait for her.
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Now, I know you got that little boom box out there.
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Get the guy with the boom box.
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You still got your boom box?
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Heavy metal music filters in from a boom box by the pool.
Fiction book (1998) -
They were playing Louis Armstrong on a boom box.
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Eddie brought the boom box in to soothe his night with some reggae.
Fiction book (1997) -
The kids danced as the boom box pumped out lively music at the party.
Synonyms
4
3.5
A portable music player with speakers used to play loud music in public places
1
7.7
A large portable stereo used to play loud music in public
A small loud speaker you carry to play music outdoors
Antonyms
How Loud
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2.8
30
3.5
- Archaic
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3.1
134
1.8
48
2.5
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'portable stereo that produces loud bassy sound' is directly inferable from combining 'boom' (a loud, deep noise) with 'box' (a container/object), i.e. a box that makes booms. This is a productive, mostly literal compound following English word-formation patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely guess the meaning.
Etymology
Boom box gets its name from the deep boom of its speakers and the simple box shape of the player. That's why the word means a small stereo you can carry and play very loudly.