boom
/bum/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.33 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
Example Sentences
- "Thunder boomed in the distance and lightning flashes lit up the horizon."
- "The cannon boomed, recoiled, and spewed a heavy smoke cloud."
- "Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks."
- "I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel."
- "Did you ever hear a bittern booming?"
- "I was about to reach for the marmalade, when I heard the telephone tootling out in the hall and rose to attend to it. “Bertram Wooster's residence,” I said, having connected with the instrument. “Wooster in person at this end. Oh hullo,” I added, for the voice that boomed over the wire was that of Mrs Thomas Portarlington Travers of Brinkley Court, Market Snodsbury, near Droitwich – or, putting it another way, my good and deserving Aunt Dahlia. [...] “I'd give a tenner to have Aubrey Upjohn here at this moment.” “You can get him for nothing. He's in Uncle Tom's study.” Her face lit up. “He is?” [Aunt Dahlia] threw her head back and inflated the lungs. “UPJOHN!” she boomed, rather like someone calling the cattle home across the sands of Dee, and I issued a kindly word of warning. “Watch that blood pressure, old ancestor.”"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bummen, bommen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bum/
- British English: /buːm/
Usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
- Slang
- American usage
- Obsolete
- Dated