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
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boom (plural booms)
- (economics, business) A period of prosperity or high market activity
- (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 horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- An abrupt, low-pitched sound, such as of an explosion.
- The boom of the surf.
- (military) A floating barrier used to obstruct the entry of an enemy into a harbour or other body of water.
- 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.
- (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones, are transversally mounted .
[edit] Antonyms
- (period of prosperity): recession
[edit] Related terms
- oil spill
- containment
- (nautical) buoy, cathead
- crane
[edit] Translations
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!
- The sound of an explosion.
[edit] Translations
sound of explosion
[edit] Verb
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to boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
- (intransitive) To be prosperous.
- Business was booming.
- (intransitive) To speak or make noise with an intense, low pitch.
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[edit] Translations
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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[edit] Noun
boom m. (plural bomen, diminutive boompje, diminutive plural boompjes)
[edit] Derived terms
tree
- boombast, boomgaard, boomgrens, boomkweker m., boomschors, boomstam m., boomstronk m.
- (by type) loofboom m., naaldboom m.
- (by fruit) appelboom m., noteboom m.
- (by use) meiboom m., kerstboom m., slagboom m.
- (other plant species) apenboom m., boomvaren
- (animal species) boomkikker = boomkikvors = boomvors m., boomklever m., boomkruiper m., boomleeuwerik m.
solid pole-shaped object
[edit] Descendants
- English: boom
[edit] Verb
boom
[edit] Etymology 2
English boom, cfr. supra (itself from Dutch Etymology 1)
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[edit] Noun
boom (plural booms, diminutive boompje, diminutive plural boompjes)
- 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]
[edit] See also
Boom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Boom in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
English boom, from Dutch boom - cfr. supra
[edit] Noun
boom m. inv.