Meaning of boom off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To resound against (a surface).
   literally, transitive
2. To move away quickly.
   dated, intransitive, literally
3. To boom as a result of (something) (to flourish, grow, or progress).
   dated, transitive
4. To explode (a door) to gain access.
   slang, transitive
5. To mark off an area (of water, or sometimes land) using booms (a floating barrier used to obstruct navigation) or something similar.
   dated, transitive
6. To shoot using (something); to be fired.
   intransitive, slang, transitive
7. To blow off or brush off (somebody); to dismiss (somebody) as unimportant.
   dated, transitive

Examples

“The music boomed off the walls of the venue.”

“The train boomed off to the west.”

“The economy will boom off the exploitation of offshore oil.”

“The cops boomed off my door.”

“They boomed off the oil slick.”

“He booms off his glock as he enters the room.”

“The cannons boomed off.”

“The bureaucrats can boom him off when he comes to them with ideas.”

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