Look up: Boom

1. Boom
   Boom is American slang for a car music system.
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2. Boom
   1. A floating device used to contain oil on a body of water. 2. A piece of equipment used to apply pesticides from a tractor or truck.
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3. Boom
   1) A vertical lighting bar. (UK) 2) A moveable arm supporting a lantern, microphone or camera (TV).
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4. Boom
   A lightweight, horizontal or vertical frame carrying a number of regularly spaced spray nozzles. The boom is often hollow, serving also as a supply tube for the spray liquid.
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5. boom
   [n] - a state of economic prosperity 2. [n] - a sudden happening that brings very good fortune 3. [n] - a deep prolonged loud noise 4. [n] - a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set 5. [n] - any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles us...
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6. Boom
   A vertical bar mounted in a base, used to hang lanterns with the use of a Boom arm.
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7. Boom
   1) A hand-held, telescoping pole used to hold the microphone in recording dialogue in film production.
   2) A telescoping support arm that is attached to a microphone stand and which holds the microphone.
   3) Loosely, a boomstand.
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8. Boom
   A spar (a wooden or metal pole) attached to the mast at a right angle, used to support the foot of a sail.
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9. boom
   In economics, a period in the trade cycle when the economy is expanding and aggregate demand (total demand for goods and services) is rising quickly. It is characterized by falling or low...
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10. Boom
    a pole attached to the foot of the mainsail
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11. boom
    a floating barrier across a river or harbour mouth, or to encircle an oil slick to limit the spread of pollution; nonsubmersible length of cushion stretched on the surface of the sea or body of water to surround and circumscribe an oil slick or similar pollutant; a floating device that is used to co...
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12. Boom
    A truck used to hoist heavy material up and into place, to put trusses on a home or to set a heavy beam into place.
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13. Boom
    A adjustable metal arm, attached to a firm stand, on which lighting can be mounted. Some booms are also made to support camera.
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14. Boom
    Boom (bōm) noun [ Dutch boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See Beam .] 1. (Nautical) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom , the studding-sail b...
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15. Boom
    Boom (bōm) transitive verb (Nautical) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
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16. Boom
    Boom (bōm) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Boomed present participle & verbal noun Booming .] [ Of imitative origin; confer Middle English bommen to hum, Dutch...
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17. Boom
    Boom noun 1. A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming. 2. A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand f...
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18. Boom
    Boom transitive verb 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.]
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19. boom
    1. A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc. ... 2. <mechanics> A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended. ... 3. A p...
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20. boom
    noun any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
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21. boom
    noun a state of economic prosperity
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22. boom
    prosper verb grow stronger; `The economy was booming`
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23. boom
    din verb make a resonant sound, like artillery; `His deep voice boomed through the hall`
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24. boom
    roaring noun a deep prolonged loud noise
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25. boom
    gold rush noun a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); `the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line`
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