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noun

Booming n. 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.

verb

Boom v. t. (Naut.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.

Boom v. t. 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. (Colloq. U. S.)

Boom v. i. (past & past part. boomed, pres. part. booming)

To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects. "At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone."

To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. "Alarm guns booming through the night air."

To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind. "She comes booming down before it."

To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.

adjective

Booming adj.

Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding. "O'er the sea-beat ships the booming waters roar."

Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity. (Colloq. U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Booming'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... have to be. Nobody 'll dance much—except the old-fashioned affairs. You see, everybody 's supposed to represent people of the days when things were booming around here. There 'll be a fiddle orchestra, and a dance caller and everything like that, and a bar—but of course there 'll only be imitation liquor. But," she added with quick emphasis, "there 'll be a lot of things really real—real keno and roulette and everything like that, and everybody in ...

— The Cross-Cut • Courtney Ryley Cooper

... wind whistled and blustered with increasing loudness through the rigging; and as the craft plunged more sharply I caught the sound of an occasional clatter of spray upon the deck forward. This went on for some considerable time, and then I became aware of the sound of surf booming distantly, but rapidly increasing in strength and volume, until after a period of perhaps ten minutes its thunder seemed to suddenly fill the air, as the brigantine brought it square abeam; then it rapidly died away again until it was lost altogether in the tumult of wind and sea that now stormed ...

— The Pirate Slaver - A Story of the West African Coast • Harry Collingwood

... into the wardroom, drew a cup of near-coffee, and sat down. The screen showed a beach with booming surf. The sound track picked up the crash and hiss of the breakers. Considering the red plague that now covered the scene, I thought it was a poor choice. I dialed for a high view of ...

— Greylorn • John Keith Laumer

... this proposition is put to us in the form of a demand of our Government upon our patriotism?" asked Uncle Cradd in a booming voice, while father only looked uncertain and ready to say, "With you, Cradd." I sat speechless for a moment, with a queer pain in my heart that I did not ...

— The Golden Bird • Maria Thompson Daviess

... amid smiles and tears, amid bells and drums, and waving flags and merry song, amid noisy shout and booming guns, that double bridal day was kept; and when the sun went down it left a glory on the western clouds, as if they, too, had donned their best attire in ...

— Maggie Miller • Mary J. Holmes

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