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Määritelmät

Verbi

1. To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
2. To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
3. (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
4. (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
5. (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
6. (transitive) To make (something) boom.
7. (of a Eurasian bittern) To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
8. (aviation):
9. (intransitive) To cause a sonic boom.
10. (transitive, slang) To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
11. (slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise, to rally behind.
12. (of a vehicle) To rush forwards with such violent intensity that it generates a sustained, overwhelming, roaring noise; especially from the perspective of a bystander who has been suddenly subjected to it.
13. (computer chess, slang) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
14. (transitive, dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.

Substantiivi

1. (sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
2. A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
3. A rapid expansion or increase.
4. A specially-designed, movable pole, used to suspend a microphone or camera high above the ground during filming or recording.
5. (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
6. (by extension) Ellipsis of boom microphone.
7. (aviation) Ellipsis of sonic boom.
8. One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
9. A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
10. (computer chess, slang) An instance of booming.
11. (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi-Uda antenna, on which the other, smaller antennae are transversally mounted.
12. A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
13. (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits.
14. A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
15. The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.

Huudahdus

1. Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
2. Used to suggest something happening suddenly or unexpectedly; voilà.
3. The sound of a bass drum beating.
4. The sound of a cannon firing.