Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sonic boom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: son-ic -boom
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.

verb

To produce such an effect.

Inflected Forms

sonic booms (plural) sonic booms (present, singular) sonic booming (participle, present) sonic boomed (participle, past) sonic boomed (past)

Questions

What does sonic boom mean?: The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.

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