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boom

/buːm/

An illustration for boom

verb1 of 2

to make a deep hollow resonant sound

  • “We have been visited by a nation-wide economic boom.”Tatoeba
  • “All the industries in the city are booming.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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