boom

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Onomatopoetic, except in the "horizontal member" senses, which derive from the Dutch boom tree.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
boom

Plural
booms

boom (plural booms)

  1. (economics, business) A period of prosperity or high market activity
  2. (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
  3. A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
  4. An abrupt, low-pitched sound, such as of an explosion.
    The boom of the surf.
  5. (military) A floating barrier used to obstruct the entry of an enemy into a harbour or other body of water.
  6. A floating barrier used to contain floating logs or flotsam, to forestall dispersal of a fluid surface pollutant such as spilled petroleum, to establish a no-entry zone for such as a dredging operation, to temporarily restrict passage of and/or direct small craft, etc.
  7. (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones, are transversally mounted .

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period of prosperity
spar extending the foot of a sail
horizontal member of a crane
abrupt, low-pitched sound
floating barrier
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[edit] Interjection

boom!

  1. The sound of an explosion.

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sound of explosion

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to boom

Third person singular
booms

Simple past
boomed

Past participle
boomed

Present participle
booming

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

  1. (intransitive) To be prosperous.
    Business was booming.
  2. (intransitive) To speak or make noise with an intense, low pitch.

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to be prosperous
to speak with low pitch

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with English boom [horizontal member], beam [wood], German Baum 'tree'

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boom m. (plural bomen, diminutive boompje, diminutive plural boompjes)

  1. A tree
  2. Certain solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden objects
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tree

solid pole-shaped object

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boom

  1. imperative form of bomen
  2. singular present imperfect form of bomen

[edit] Etymology 2

English boom, cfr. supra (itself from Dutch Etymology 1)

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boom (plural booms, diminutive boompje, diminutive plural boompjes)

  1. A boom, as in a market explosion

[edit] References

  • 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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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

English boom, from Dutch boom - cfr. supra

[edit] Noun

boom m. inv.

  1. A boom (sound)
  2. A boom, rapid expansion
  3. A boom (crane)
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