Meaning of Boom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Boudewijn Karel Boom (1903-1980)
2. A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
3. A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
4. A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.
5. A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp
6. A rapid expansion or increase.
7. A specially-designed, movable pole, used to suspend a microphone or camera high above the ground during filming or recording.
8. A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
9. Ellipsis of boom microphone (a microphone supported on such a pole).
   abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis
10. Ellipsis of sonic boom.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
11. A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
12. One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
13. The longest element of a Yagi-Uda antenna, on which the other, smaller antennae are transversally mounted.
14. An instance of booming.
    slang
15. A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
16. A gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits.
17. A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
18. The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.

Equivalents

Examples

“the boom of the surf”

“You should prepare for the coming boom in the tech industry.”

“Some of the minor Welsh 2 ft. gauge railways, we hear from Mr. N. F. G. Dalston, are enjoying a miniature boom owing to the demand for slate for the repair of damaged roofs.”

“Interestingly, the blue monkey's boom and pyow calls are both long-distance signals (Brown, 1989), yet the two calls differ in respect to their susceptibility to habitat-induced degradation.”

“Some chess commentators know to excitedly point out when booms happen but they almost universally are missing out on the next step of explaining what the boom meant.”

“The evaluation boom and moob continued as Stockfish headed for a queen-rook-knight vs queen-rook-knight position that looked pretty nasty to me!”

“Tighten the outhaul and place the appropriate line in the cam cleat located on the boom about two feet back from the mast.”

“I went out on the timber boom and made a few casts, but with little success.”

“The wooden upright was now standing in the middle of the floor, and the two booms were fitted into its grooved side and hoisted as high as hands could reach. [...] Two by two, one at each end, the students proceeded along the boom, hanging by their hands, monkey-wise. [...] Two by two the students somersaulted upwards on to the high boom, turned to a sitting position sideways, and then slowly stood up on the narrow ledge.”

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