boom

«boom» in Mova's school dictionary: A deep, loud sound like thunder or a big drum: the boom… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a boom, booms); verb (boom, booms, boomed, booming); interjection (boom!)

meaning for a pupil

1) A deep, loud sound like thunder or a big drum: the boom of the cannon. tree →

2) (verb) To make a deep loud sound or to speak very loudly: his voice boomed. tree →

3) A sudden fast growth or increase: a baby boom, a business boom. tree →

4) (verb) To grow or do very well: business is booming. tree →

5) A long pole on a sailing boat that holds the bottom of a sail. tree →

6) A long pole holding a microphone or camera. tree →

7) (slang interjection) "Boom!" means "There, done!" or celebrates success. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it is a sound word; in science it relates to the sonic boom of very fast planes. In history and geography a "boom" is a time of fast growth (a gold rush boom, a population boom). In maths graphs a boom shows as a steep rise. Phrases: a sonic boom, baby boom, boom town, boom and bust.

examples

• The thunder went boom over the hills. tree →
• The headteacher's voice boomed across the hall. tree →
• Sales of umbrellas boomed in the wet summer. tree →
• A sonic boom is made when a plane flies faster than sound. tree →
• Duck when the sailors swing the boom! tree →
• (slang) I finished my homework — boom! tree →
• The gold rush caused a boom in the town's population. tree →
• Then he heard a thump and a shuffle, and the booming went on. tree →

note

Regular verb: boomed, booming. "Booming" can mean very loud or very successful. The opposite of a boom in money is a slump or bust. In maths a boom means numbers rising quickly.

In the corpora

• An old Scandinavian folk story said lemmings fell from the sky in storms, because they appeared so suddenly in boom years.
• Ethan's mate says one caveman rubbed two sticks and boom, fire; Ethan says «sus», meaning suspicious.
• Fast wobbles sound high and slow wobbles sound low, so a tiny ukulele squeaks and a huge double bass booms.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «boom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.