Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boomer

/ˈbu.mɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: boom-er
IPA: /ˈbu.mɚ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that makes a booming sound.

noun

A device used to bind or tighten chain.

noun

A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.

American usage; Slang

noun

A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.).

British usage

noun

An adult male kangaroo.

noun

A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).

noun

A sewellel (Aplodontia rufa).

noun

A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence.

Example Sentences

"That's when the Rev let loose one of those great big boomers of a laugh. It was so loud in the closed space, the effect was what Wes imagined it felt like to hear a bullet fired in a car."
"Distant contact, probably submerged. It's a wild guess, but I'd say we hit a boomer coming out of the barn. Could be a missile boat out of Polijarny."
"you and i both know that there are some boomers out there who'll consistently hit bronze @ 16ish and assuming they have protected themselves correctly, are some tough players."
"Economically speaking, the attacker loses every time. So it's a war of the boomers."
"2008 June 12, Kresten Toftgaard Andersen, Anders Buch, Dennis Dahl Christensen & Dung Tran, "Reinforcement Learning in RTS games" (master thesis), page 51. The strategy of the rusher is to build a small army very fast in order to destroy the enemy early in the game, whereas the aggressive/boomer builds a larger army, which is not necessarily an advanced army, to attack the enemy."
"2008 July 13-15, Jin Park, Du Zhang & Meiliu Lu, "An intelligent agent for the game of Age of Mythology: the Titans", 2008 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, page 93. Once the Heroic Age is reached, the boomer is able to generate a superior army at an explosive rate due to the advanced economy."

Etymology

Etymology tree English boom Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boomer From boom + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbu.mɚ/
British English: /ˈbuː.mə/

Usage

American usage
Slang
British usage
Informal
Derogatory

Inflected Forms

boomers (plural)

Derived Forms

thunderboomer boomercide boomerish boomerism boomeritis boomersplain grandboomer postboomer

Phrases

boomer remover boomer shooter echo boomer OK, boomer Total Boomer Luxury Communism

Frequently Paired Words

Boomer zoomer boomerism Sooner

Synonyms

chain binder mountain beaver chehalis antiquity codger gadgie gaffer geezer gramps greybeard old codger old fart

Antonyms

doomer

Rhymes With

consumer humor tumor humour rumor rumour schumer bloomer groomer rumer plumer okuma

Questions

How do you pronounce boomer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbu.mɚ/.
What does boomer mean?: Something that makes a booming sound.
Where does boomer come from?: Etymology tree English boom Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boomer From boom + -er.

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