boom - Wiktionary

See also: Boom and Bööm

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”).

Verb[edit]

boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)

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Translations[edit]

to speak with low pitch

Bulgarian: буча(bg)(buča), боботя(bg)(bobotja)
Dutch: dreunen(nl)
Finnish: jyristä(fi)

German: dröhnen(de)
Spanish: retumbar(es)

to make something boom

Finnish: paukuttaa(fi)paukauttaa(fi)jyräyttääjysäyttää

Russian: грохнуть(ru)impf (groxnutʹ), грохнулm or pf (groxnul), бахать(ru)impf (baxatʹ), бабахать(ru)impf (babaxatʹ)

Noun[edit]

boom (plural booms)

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

The boom of the surf.
A rapid expansion or increase.

You should prepare for the coming boom in the tech industry.
- 1941 March, “Notes and News: The Demand for Slate”, in Railway Magazine, page 141:
  
  Some of the minor Welsh 2 ft. gauge railways, we hear from Mr. N. F. G. Dalston, are enjoying a miniature boom owing to the demand for slate for the repair of damaged roofs.
One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- 1990, Mark A. Berkley, William C. Stebbins, Comparative Perception
  
  Interestingly, the blue monkey’s boom and pyow calls are both long-distance signals (Brown, 1989), yet the two calls differ in respect to their susceptibility to habitat-induced degradation.

Translations[edit]

abrupt, low-pitched sound

Bulgarian: бумтеж(bg)m (bumtež), бръмченеn (brǎmčene)
Dutch: boem(nl)
Finnish: pamaus(fi)(individual), pauke(fi)(continuous), pamautus(individual, intentionally caused)
French: boum(fr)
German: Dröhnenm
Mandarin: (please verify) 嗡嗡的聲音(please verify) 嗡嗡的声音(wēng wēng de shēng yīn)

Maori: pakō
Polish: grzmot(pl)m inan, huk(pl)m inan
Portuguese: estrondo(pt)m
Romanian: bubuit(ro)n, detunătură(ro)f
Russian: гул(ru)m (gul), ро́кот(ru)m (rókot)
Spanish: bum(es)m

one of the calls of certain species of birds

Maori: hū

Interjection[edit]

boom

Used to suggest the sound of an explosion

crash boom bang
Used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly .
- 1993, Vibe (volume 1, number 2)
  
  So we went around the corner, looked in the garbage, and, boom, there’s about 16 of the tapes he didn’t like!
- 2013, Peter Westoby, Gerard Dowling, Theory and Practice of Dialogical Community Development
  
  Hostile race relations and chronic unemployment are ignored in the suburbs of Paris, London and Sydney, and boom! there are riots.
The sound of a bass drum beating.
The sound of a cannon firing.

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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch boom (“tree; pole”). Doublet of beam.

Noun[edit]

boom (plural booms)

(nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship’s side to which boats are secured in harbour.
A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
(by extension) A microphone supported on such a pole.
A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
(electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
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.
- 1886, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 152:Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl.,, page 152:
  
  I went out on the timber boom and made a few casts, but with little success.
A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
- 1948, Josephine Tey, Miss Pym Disposes:
  
  The wooden upright was now standing in the middle of the floor, and the two booms were fitted into its grooved side and hoisted as high as hands could reach. […] Two by two, one at each end, the students proceeded along the boom, hanging by their hands, monkey-wise. […] Two by two the students somersaulted upwards on to the high boom, turned to a sitting position sideways, and then slowly stood up on the narrow ledge.

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(nautical): buoycathead
crane

Translations[edit]

tư vấn for microphone or camera

Bulgarian: стойка(bg)f (stojka)
French: perche(fr)

Maori: kauwhanga

horizontal thành viên of a crane

Bulgarian: стрела(bg)f (strela)
Finnish: puomi(fi)
French: mat(fr)m, hausse(fr)f
German: Ausleger(de)m
Irish: búmm

Mandarin: (please verify) 支臂(please verify) 支臂(
zhī bèi

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)
Portuguese: lança(pt)f
Russian: стрела́(ru)f (strelá)
Swedish: bom(sv)c
Tagalog: duklay

longest element of a Yagi antenna

piece of windsurfing equipment

Finnish: puomi(fi)

section of a backhoe’s arm

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Catalan: (2) (please verify) botavara(ca)f

Verb[edit]

boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)

To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.

to boom out a sail

to boom off a boat
(usually with “up” or “down”) To raise or lower with a crane boom.

Etymology 3[edit]

Perhaps a figurative development of Etymology 1, above .

Noun[edit]

boom (plural booms)

(economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

recession

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Descendants[edit]

→ German: Boom
Indonesian: bum
→ Japanese: ブーム(būmu)
→ Polish: boom

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boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)

(intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.

flourishprosper

The population boomed in recent years.

Business was booming.
- 2021 March 22, Neil Vigdor; Michael Majchrowicz; Azi Paybarah, quoting Ron DeSantis, “Miami Beach, Overwhelmed by Spring Break, Extends Emergency Curfew”, in The New York Times‎[2], ISSN 0362-4331:March 22, Neil Vigdor ; Michael Majchrowicz ; Azi Paybarah, quoting Ron DeSantis, “ Miami Beach, Overwhelmed by Spring Break, Extends Emergency Curfew ”, in
  
  “If you look at South Florida right now, this place is booming,” Mr. DeSantis said recently. “Los Angeles isn’t booming. New York City isn’t booming.”
(transitive, dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.

to boom railroad or mining shares

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch boom, from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, boum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

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boom (plural bome, diminutive boompie)

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): / boːm /
audio
Hyphenation: boom
Rhymes: – oːm

Noun[edit]

boom m (plural bomen, diminutive boompje n)

tree
any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object
1. beam
2. mast
  
  mast
3. boom
  
  giek

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Afrikaans: boom
Berbice Creole Dutch: bom
Jersey Dutch: bôm
Negerhollands: bom, boom
- → Virgin Islands Creole: bom (archaic)
Skepi Creole Dutch: bom, boom
→ English: boom
→ Indonesian: bom(“tree, pole”), bum
→ Sranan Tongo: bon

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English boom.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): / buːm /
Hyphenation: boom

Noun[edit]

boom m (plural booms, diminutive boompje n)

boom, as in a market explosion

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References[edit]

M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English boom.

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IPA(key): / bum /
Audio (CAN)

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boom m (plural booms)

boom (dramatically fast increase)

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Borrowed from English boom, from Dutch boom – see above.

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boom m (invariable)

a boom (sound)
a boom, rapid expansion
a boom (crane)

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From Old Dutch bōm, from Proto-West Germanic *baum.

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bôom m

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From English boom.

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boom m inan

(economics, business) boom (period of prosperity)
boom (rapid expansion or increase)

Declension[edit]

Declension of boom

	singular	plural
nominative	boom	boomy
genitive	boomu	boomów
dative	boomowi	boomom
accusative	boom	boomy
instrumental	boomem	boomami
locative	boomie	boomach
vocative	boomie	boomy

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English boom.

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boom m (plural booms)

(economics, business) boom (period of prosperity)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English boom.

Noun[edit]

boom n (plural boomuri)

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Declension of boom

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) boom	boomul	(niște) boomuri	boomurile
genitive/dative	(unui) boom	boomului	(unor) boomuri	boomurilor
vocative	boomule		boomurilor

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Unadapted borrowing from English boom.

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boom m (plural booms)

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boom (period of prosperity or high market activity)

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