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noun buːmbum 1A loud, deep, resonant sound. the deep boom of the bass drum Example sentencesExamples - The deep boom of a gong echoed through the room, and the gathered students fell silent.
- They sat in a thoughtful moment before a boom of thunder sounded and Jane jumped.
- And finally you hear nothing but boom boom boom boom, and all the whooping.
- He said: ‘Suddenly I heard boom boom boom boom boom and heard an officer shout ‘man down, man down’.’
- There was a deep boom, then the sound of rending metal and breaking glass, and still it didn't stop.
- I heard someone yell as a loud boom sounded behind them.
- At that moment the deep boom of the great brass bell reverberated through the monastery.
- Without warning, a loud boom resounded from the city.
- The windowpanes rattled, and the girls could feel the subsonic boom of a bomb exploding.
- It was new, but it was back to that disco beat for me: boom boom boom boom.
- A thunderous boom suddenly sounded from miles away, accompanied by a miniscule quake.
- But their presence is signalled by an unmistakable call similar to bellowing of a bull with a deep, resonant boom that carries up to a mile.
- Far above us, the grey clouds got sick of threatening and decided to act, and a hollow boom of thunder sounded.
- Right on cue, a resounding boom rolled throughout the school, followed by distant cheers.
- But around 8: 30 I heard something different: big booms and dull thumps.
- It sounded like a boom, it sounded actually like a big bomb.
- For a gang who loves strings and builds and sweeping vocals, the monotonous boom boom boom was a disappointment.
- My heart froze, skipped a beat, and then began to go boom boom boom.
- Lightly she tapped on the wooden door to hear the deep boom of her father's voice tell her to enter.
- As they drew closer to Sara's there was a loud boom and a cracking sound.
Synonyms reverberation, resonance, resounding thunder, thundering, roaring, echoing, re-echoing, blasting, crashing, drumming, thrumming, pounding roar, rumble, bellow, bang, blast, blare, loud noise - 1.1 The characteristic resonant cry of the bittern.
the boom of the bittern may be enjoyed in the country Example sentencesExamples - He reported that bitterns were beginning to practise their boom on the reserve again but would not find their full voice until April or May.
- And Doncaster will hopefully soon be ringing with the boom of bitterns crying out for mates.
verb buːmbum [no object]1Make a loud, deep, resonant sound. thunder boomed in the sky Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly, I heard the sound of thunder booming all about outside.
- The intro to the first song boomed out from the speakers.
- Suddenly a deep voice boomed out from some of the trees nearby.
- Techno music boomed out across the court as we jogged on the spot.
- A chime from somewhere deep inside the Sanctuary boomed out seven deep notes: fifteen minutes to the next class.
- Machinegun fire and explosions boomed out and helicopters clattered overhead as naked children ran for safety, screaming.
- A loud sound boomed out like that of a giant bell, when one is inside it.
- He only focused on the song that boomed out on the loudspeakers.
- Inside, it was colder than I had expected, shiver-cold, and the smallest sounds echoed and boomed, hitting my ear like a fist.
- It was a sight to see the inmates showing interest in the proceedings and enjoying the heavy bass of music that boomed out through speakers.
- She listened to your heart beat and it boomed out over a loudspeaker.
- The ground began to shake violently, as the sound of large engines boomed in the sky.
- She called louder but still nothing responded except the sound of the thunder that boomed in the sky.
- A few seconds later, the royal fanfare boomed out through the room.
- A barely contained energy surged through the crowd; it appeared to ripple as slogan after slogan boomed out across the open space.
- The thunder and lightning boomed and crashed above them for a while and then it started to rain.
- Just as his fingertips grazed the knob, a loud clap of thunder boomed and the wind sent branches from a menacing tree outside clapping into the window pane.
- From beneath the mask, a deep voice boomed out, in a singsong voice, the following rhyme.
- The tall elegant man boomed out from a central balcony.
- The large ship lowered down, as the megaphone boomed out a cry from three different voices.
Synonyms reverberate, resound, resonate rumble, thunder, ring out, sound loudly, blare, echo, fill the air crack, crash, roll, clap, explode, bang, blast - 1.1with direct speech Say in a loud, deep, resonant voice.
‘Stop right there,’ boomed the Headmaster Example sentencesExamples - Sabrina's normally soft voice changed to the slightly familiar commanding tone as she and her mother boomed out ‘HO!’
- ‘Don't get around this neighborhood too much,’ the man boomed out, startling Ruth.
- ‘Wah ha ha’, boomed the voice as it echoed along the corridor.
- ‘Kaseios,’ his loud voice boomed across the hall, just like it used to, and Euthenas was no longer terrified, but comforted.
- As they went downstairs to the lockers, a familiar voice boomed an enthusiastic ‘hiya Matt’ from behind him.
- Charles' laughter boomed out and he said, ‘We are going to show you to your rooms.’
- ‘I told you Barnay, your plow won't be finished until the day after next,’ a deep voice boomed.
- ‘So, the fair lady is finally awake,’ the same deep voice of the captain boomed.
- ‘You killed my best friend,’ the shadow boomed in a deep voice.
- ‘Ahem, may I have your attention please,’ a loud voice boomed over the restaurant.
- ‘She was a wonderful, beautiful ambitious woman and she will be missed,’ his deep voice boomed between sobs.
- The answer came quickly as the boss boomed out, ‘Aircraft on cat 1, you have a tailpipe fire.’
- ‘Enter through here, please,’ a security guard boomed out from the other end of the cafe.
- She boomed out again, ‘Morgan forsook me and for it he shall feel my wrath’ She slowly turned a bit, letting the pleasing look about her drop.
- ‘Dearly Beloved’, the elderly minister started, his voice loud and booming across the abbey with the mike.
- Maud boomed out in a low, greeting voice, ‘Come in, come in!’
- Veronica Sky walked out and the deep voice boomed again: ‘Please take a seat Mr. Taylor.’
- ‘Warren word power, that's what it's called’ a loud voice boomed, and Rabbit popped his head above the bank, holding a paw over his nose.
- ‘I am here because I want to listen, but I also want to ask you some questions,’ Sir Hilary's voice boomed over the demonstration.
- Hope was getting dim when a deep voice boomed, ‘Children of the Earth, get out of the way!’
Synonyms bellow, roar, thunder, shout, bawl, yell, bark North American informal holler rare vociferate - 1.2 (of a bittern) utter its characteristic resonant cry.
a dozen bitterns boom mysteriously from the reeds Example sentencesExamples - The date of the first booming bitterns varies each year, although there has been a trend towards them starting to boom earlier in recent years.
- There is a sexual bias in that only male Great Bitterns boom; we have no data on the survival of adult females.
- I've heard Bitterns booming a few times at Leighton Moss, but I can only imagine what Minsmere sounds like on a spring evening.
- Leighton Moss, a premier RSPB reserve where you can hear bitterns boom, is a lovely walk away over the crag.
- I was lucky enough to visit Minsmere and Dunwich Heath last week and there seemed to be Bitterns booming everywhere, although I didn't actually see one.
Phrases informal An exclamation made after delivering the punchline of a joke. Example sentencesExamples - As Basil Brush used to say, ‘boom boom’!
- I've answered this question in some election hustings by saying I'd be the fish that swims against the tide… boom boom.
- Unfortunately, I have a conscience (although the band seem to have taken a day off for theirs - boom boom!).
Derivatives noun The music sounded fuller and had more punch to it, and, again, I did not hear any boominess or muddiness. Example sentencesExamples - These features control excessive boominess and balance the room's reverberation response.
- In this chamber setting there's less boominess to Grieg's music yet still the fuller sound we're familiar with in a work originally composed for piano.
adjectiveboomiest, boomier ˈbuːmiˈbumi Characteristic of a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth. a heady combination of balmy weather and a boomy economy
Origin Late Middle English (as a verb): ultimately imitative; perhaps from Dutch bommen 'to hum, buzz'. bomb from late 17th century: In terms of origin, a bomb goes boom (LME from a Germanic root)—the word probably goes right back to Greek bombos ‘booming, humming’. The first bombs, in the late 17th century, are what we would call ‘shells’. Soldiers ignited their fuses and fired them from mortars. Before they were dramatically unexpected events or sexy blondes, bombshells were originally the casings of such devices. Bombs as we know them came to prominence in the First World War. It was not until after the Second World War, though, that to go like a bomb began to be used for ‘to go very fast’, or cost a bomb for ‘be very expensive’. See also atom. A bombardier (late 16th century) gets his name from an early gun called a bombard (Late Middle English), which came from the same source as bomb.
Rhymes abloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom noun buːmbum A period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth. Example sentencesExamples - The British economy has suffered greater booms and deeper busts than the eurozone economies over the past few decades.
- In periods of capitalist decline the crises are of prolonged character while the booms are fleeting, superficial and speculative.
- Thailand is relying on rising exports and a consumer-spending boom to double economic growth this year.
- Venture capital investments have slowed since the internet boom and bust in which many funders lost money.
- The growth figures suggest Ireland may recapture some of the form of the boom years when economic growth peaked at 11.5 per cent.
- It turns out the dot-com boom and bust aren't just anomalies of runaway capitalism.
- Most of the unsound lending that characterized the boom was done directly in the market rather than by banks.
- Entire epochs of capitalist development exist when a number of cycles is characterized by sharply delineated booms and weak, short-lived crises.
- A property tycoon today flagged up a series of multi-million pound projects designed to spark a business boom in Monks Cross.
- The government is trying to cool an investment boom that stoked economic growth of 9.1 per cent last year, the fastest pace in seven years.
- This added 1.5 per cent to economic growth in the boom years of the 1990s.
- The equivalent would be to increase the number of working hours per person in periods where the economy booms.
- As we know from countless business cycles, what that leads to is a boom and bust cycle.
- Irish investors are expected to spend up to €6 billion on overseas property this year as profits from the economic boom flow into Europe.
- Such borrowers are marginal to the fixed-capital investment that drives economic booms.
- Some dealers credit the new wealth, while others say their sales were unaffected by the economic boom and bust.
- That was a novel about the boom years of the 80s, which now seem lost in the explosion of tinsel that characterized the boom of the 90s.
- Once central banks embark on an aggressive program of monetary expansion, the stage is set for an inevitable boom and bust.
- Over the last decade the economic boom has resulted in billions of euro being invested in property, both at home and abroad.
- All this leads to economic boom and prosperity.
verb buːmbum [no object]Experience a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth. Example sentencesExamples - Our technology, financial services and pharmaceutical businesses boomed.
- However, as economic times continue to boom, private label growth has occurred in the lower-income consumer demographic.
- We've seen, basically, five quarters where we've seen growth booming.
- The U.S. labor market was booming until an economic downturn began in 2001.
- Its middle class is growing rapidly, domestic consumption is booming and the growth of its manufacturing sector is nothing if not spectacular.
- With almost every sector booming with growth, resources are not an issue.
- Equally, rates could rise to high single digits if world peace was in jeopardy or economic growth boomed.
- All three economies are currently booming with growth rates of around 7 percent.
- In the days when the Dutch economy was booming and stock prices were soaring, shareholders weren't worried.
- Car valeting companies across the country claim business is still booming, although some companies in the crowded Dublin market are starting to feel the pinch.
- That, of course, did not mean the business cycle was dead or that the stock market would boom endlessly.
- Most likely, as long as the economy was booming and the economic rewards were big enough, her employees would have endured her management style.
- Business is far from booming, but at least there are signs of progress.
- When the economy is booming, this problem never arises.
- As he flies about his meat processing empire in his jet monitoring developments below, the beef baron's business is booming.
- And the insurance business boomed as well, selling peace of mind and security.
- The mixed economy boomed, bringing unprecedented prosperity to the middle and working classes.
- While economies boom, the financial foundation could not be more precarious.
- The recent U.S. experience demonstrates that booms can last a long time, but not forever.
- Business was booming, but experienced craftsmen were becoming increasingly difficult to find.
Derivatives noun When you read about the boomlet in lawsuits demanding reparations for slavery, it's natural to wonder: whatever happened to the statute of limitations? Example sentencesExamples - After the debacle of the telecom crash, it might be hard for greed to spark another boom or even boomlet.
- There are no savings left to fund new projects that would be undertaken after this little boomlet.
- But if the projections of jobs and a subsequent biotech boomlet pan out, those investors are going to reap the benefits.
- But that has not stopped a boomlet of speculation, most of it on the Internet.
- I think we're in for another online boomlet, too, but I also thought the crash was an overcorrection that threw the baby out with the bathwater.
adjectiveboomiest, boomier ˈbuːmiˈbumi Making a loud, deep, resonant sound.
Origin Late 19th century (originally US): probably from boom1. noun buːmbum 1A pivoted spar to which the foot of a vessel's sail is attached, allowing the angle of the sail to be changed. Example sentencesExamples - We then come to the mast's boom that has broken into two pieces over the ship's hull.
- The sails were all furled in tight bundles around the various booms, and a lantern gleamed with white light on the bowsprit.
- The sail is left fed into the boom and mast so all you have to do is pull it up.
- Sonia waited until he was within three feet of her, then jumped up on the boom, running lightly towards the mast.
- Walking or running behind the sail holding on to the boom helps students get the feel of flying the sail.
- The wind caught the sails with a dull boom and the ship heeled about, tacking into the westerly breeze sweeping across the lake.
- He shut off the motor and untied the sails from the booms.
- There was speculation that he might have been struck by the boom and thrown overboard as he changed the sail.
- We had been flying slower than 100 knots most of the day because our hoist boom was extended.
- I recognized it as the boom of a sailboat, with pieces of the sail torn on it.
- Only the creak of the mast and the boom, the rippling of the sail and the gurgling of the passing water reached Miri's ears.
- Engineers used a computer-controlled boom pressurization system to initiate deployment of the boom and sail system.
- The wooden boat, valued at around $2000, had two sails and a boom but no mast.
- The fire resulted in heavy damage to both the interior of the vessel and the exterior cabin area, plus damage to the mast, boom and rigging.
- She has a square sail on two booms, which I shall see is fully repaired, and there is little else to do to make her ready.
- The boat took considerable damage in the storm, losing its mast, boom, compass and lifelines.
- So a sheet is a rope, a tack is a turn into the wind and the boom is the spar along the bottom of the sail.
- Tying a rope to the wheel and to a pole to keep the vessel on course, Jake swung himself onto the boom and beginning to furl the sails himself.
- As Miller approached the helm looming before her, a quick glance at the boom and rigging was a reminder of the vessel's size.
- He bundled the sails over the booms and tied them into ungainly lumps, then went to the wheelhouse.
2often as modifier A movable arm over a television or film set, carrying a microphone or camera. Example sentencesExamples - Once the overhead boom microphone had moved out of the way, she stepped forwards.
- The supporting cast of cameramen, photographers and the people who hold the fluffy sound booms, made it impossible to move, as they jostled for the best positions.
- It had a camera on a boom arm and they were swinging it over and around the car which was following a short distance behind.
- Any time they go out in public, there's a boom mike hanging over them, there's a camera on them, there's tape recorder all around them.
- A boom mike swings into the picture as the film's faked reality shatters.
- Because I don't think that I'm any better than the camera operator, the boom man, I don't think that I'm any better than you are.
- No studio, no financing, no known actors just a cameraman, boom man, front man, and some extras.
- For example, if a cheer goes up at the appearance of the boom operator's credit in a movie, this means that his or her family is in attendance at the screening.
- If the projectionist bungles the job, subtitles will run off the bottom of the screen, actors' heads will be cut off, or boom microphones will bob into the frame.
- Joe Wetsch said into the mike boom that was suspended in front of his mouth.
- Four beats after curtain rises, bump downlights to full wattage; they're boom lights rigged to the top of the stage.
- He then took a headset down from a clip above him, and pulled the boom microphone around his chin to his lips.
- For example, you may not see the boom microphone on the left side of your shot until you are looking at the video in the video editing program.
- Lucy pointed, too, and made some gurgles, and even patted the boom mike while the cameras rolled.
- Spoken parts used to be recorded on the acting sets with boom mikes, but this is no longer done.
- Already the media was on the scene, in the building, hanging boom microphones and video cameras out the windows on either side of the woman.
- Essentially, it is just a set of headphones and a boom microphone, plus the software that enables you to talk to others online.
- The area was awash with boom mikes and satellite dishes.
- When he finally arrives, cameras line up in front of questioners and the boom mike circles the room, smacking writers in their heads.
- It resembles a small one-sided headphone with a small boom microphone, and comes in a bluish-grey and silver metallic colour.
3A floating beam used to contain oil spills or to form a barrier across the mouth of a harbour or river. Example sentencesExamples - Officers from the Environment Agency stretched a number of booms across the river to contain the diesel and prevent it from travelling further downstream.
- Crews with First Strike Environmental arrived Tuesday evening and have been working to absorb the fuel with booms and pads.
- Our bays and inlets could be protected by floating booms and where they exist, by closing sluice gates,’ she said.
- The contractors sent out an oil spill response team with booms to contain the spillage and absorbent pads to soak the oil up.
- A boom was used to stop the foam travelling down the river.
- Kochi was among the first ports to procure an oil spill containment boom in 1987.
- A boom has been placed around the stricken vessel.
- The total length of the boom will be around 200m, with high-visibility pellets at 5m intervals.
- The Council was alerted by local residents on Thursday morning and managed to subdue the flow of diesel into the river by installing a boom.
- When the council advertised it said suitable candidates must have between 10 and 15 rowing boats, a motor launch, a river boom and be suitably qualified in life saving.
- Large floatation devices such as sausages - known as oil booms - line the river to contain the fuel.
- If all was clear, the boom was opened and you sailed out.
- The operator is also required to provide a boom across the river to stop boats approaching the weir.
Origin Mid 16th century (in the general sense 'beam, pole'): from Dutch, 'beam, tree, pole'; related to beam. nounbumbo͞om 1A loud, deep, resonant sound. the deep boom of the bass drum Example sentencesExamples - The windowpanes rattled, and the girls could feel the subsonic boom of a bomb exploding.
- But around 8: 30 I heard something different: big booms and dull thumps.
- There was a deep boom, then the sound of rending metal and breaking glass, and still it didn't stop.
- Far above us, the grey clouds got sick of threatening and decided to act, and a hollow boom of thunder sounded.
- The deep boom of a gong echoed through the room, and the gathered students fell silent.
- It was new, but it was back to that disco beat for me: boom boom boom boom.
- As they drew closer to Sara's there was a loud boom and a cracking sound.
- And finally you hear nothing but boom boom boom boom, and all the whooping.
- I heard someone yell as a loud boom sounded behind them.
- For a gang who loves strings and builds and sweeping vocals, the monotonous boom boom boom was a disappointment.
- It sounded like a boom, it sounded actually like a big bomb.
- Right on cue, a resounding boom rolled throughout the school, followed by distant cheers.
- He said: ‘Suddenly I heard boom boom boom boom boom and heard an officer shout ‘man down, man down’.’
- A thunderous boom suddenly sounded from miles away, accompanied by a miniscule quake.
- They sat in a thoughtful moment before a boom of thunder sounded and Jane jumped.
- Without warning, a loud boom resounded from the city.
- But their presence is signalled by an unmistakable call similar to bellowing of a bull with a deep, resonant boom that carries up to a mile.
- My heart froze, skipped a beat, and then began to go boom boom boom.
- At that moment the deep boom of the great brass bell reverberated through the monastery.
- Lightly she tapped on the wooden door to hear the deep boom of her father's voice tell her to enter.
Synonyms reverberation, resonance, resounding - 1.1 The characteristic resonant call of the bittern.
Example sentencesExamples - And Doncaster will hopefully soon be ringing with the boom of bitterns crying out for mates.
- He reported that bitterns were beginning to practise their boom on the reserve again but would not find their full voice until April or May.
verbbumbo͞om [no object]1Make a loud, deep, resonant sound. thunder boomed in the sky Example sentencesExamples - The intro to the first song boomed out from the speakers.
- She called louder but still nothing responded except the sound of the thunder that boomed in the sky.
- Techno music boomed out across the court as we jogged on the spot.
- A barely contained energy surged through the crowd; it appeared to ripple as slogan after slogan boomed out across the open space.
- The ground began to shake violently, as the sound of large engines boomed in the sky.
- From beneath the mask, a deep voice boomed out, in a singsong voice, the following rhyme.
- The tall elegant man boomed out from a central balcony.
- It was a sight to see the inmates showing interest in the proceedings and enjoying the heavy bass of music that boomed out through speakers.
- The large ship lowered down, as the megaphone boomed out a cry from three different voices.
- A chime from somewhere deep inside the Sanctuary boomed out seven deep notes: fifteen minutes to the next class.
- The thunder and lightning boomed and crashed above them for a while and then it started to rain.
- Suddenly a deep voice boomed out from some of the trees nearby.
- He only focused on the song that boomed out on the loudspeakers.
- She listened to your heart beat and it boomed out over a loudspeaker.
- A loud sound boomed out like that of a giant bell, when one is inside it.
- Inside, it was colder than I had expected, shiver-cold, and the smallest sounds echoed and boomed, hitting my ear like a fist.
- Suddenly, I heard the sound of thunder booming all about outside.
- A few seconds later, the royal fanfare boomed out through the room.
- Just as his fingertips grazed the knob, a loud clap of thunder boomed and the wind sent branches from a menacing tree outside clapping into the window pane.
- Machinegun fire and explosions boomed out and helicopters clattered overhead as naked children ran for safety, screaming.
Synonyms reverberate, resound, resonate - 1.1with direct speech Say in a loud, deep, resonant voice.
the imperative “Silence!” boomed out by Ray himself Example sentencesExamples - Sabrina's normally soft voice changed to the slightly familiar commanding tone as she and her mother boomed out ‘HO!’
- The answer came quickly as the boss boomed out, ‘Aircraft on cat 1, you have a tailpipe fire.’
- As they went downstairs to the lockers, a familiar voice boomed an enthusiastic ‘hiya Matt’ from behind him.
- ‘Enter through here, please,’ a security guard boomed out from the other end of the cafe.
- Hope was getting dim when a deep voice boomed, ‘Children of the Earth, get out of the way!’
- Charles' laughter boomed out and he said, ‘We are going to show you to your rooms.’
- ‘Warren word power, that's what it's called’ a loud voice boomed, and Rabbit popped his head above the bank, holding a paw over his nose.
- ‘She was a wonderful, beautiful ambitious woman and she will be missed,’ his deep voice boomed between sobs.
- ‘I told you Barnay, your plow won't be finished until the day after next,’ a deep voice boomed.
- ‘So, the fair lady is finally awake,’ the same deep voice of the captain boomed.
- ‘You killed my best friend,’ the shadow boomed in a deep voice.
- ‘Don't get around this neighborhood too much,’ the man boomed out, startling Ruth.
- ‘I am here because I want to listen, but I also want to ask you some questions,’ Sir Hilary's voice boomed over the demonstration.
- Veronica Sky walked out and the deep voice boomed again: ‘Please take a seat Mr. Taylor.’
- ‘Ahem, may I have your attention please,’ a loud voice boomed over the restaurant.
- ‘Kaseios,’ his loud voice boomed across the hall, just like it used to, and Euthenas was no longer terrified, but comforted.
- ‘Dearly Beloved’, the elderly minister started, his voice loud and booming across the abbey with the mike.
- ‘Wah ha ha’, boomed the voice as it echoed along the corridor.
- She boomed out again, ‘Morgan forsook me and for it he shall feel my wrath’ She slowly turned a bit, letting the pleasing look about her drop.
- Maud boomed out in a low, greeting voice, ‘Come in, come in!’
Synonyms bellow, roar, thunder, shout, bawl, yell, bark - 1.2 (of a bittern) utter its characteristic resonant call.
Example sentencesExamples - There is a sexual bias in that only male Great Bitterns boom; we have no data on the survival of adult females.
- I've heard Bitterns booming a few times at Leighton Moss, but I can only imagine what Minsmere sounds like on a spring evening.
- I was lucky enough to visit Minsmere and Dunwich Heath last week and there seemed to be Bitterns booming everywhere, although I didn't actually see one.
- The date of the first booming bitterns varies each year, although there has been a trend towards them starting to boom earlier in recent years.
- Leighton Moss, a premier RSPB reserve where you can hear bitterns boom, is a lovely walk away over the crag.
Origin Late Middle English (as a verb): ultimately imitative; perhaps from Dutch bommen ‘to hum, buzz’. nounbumbo͞om A period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth. a boom in precious metal mining as modifier a boom economy Example sentencesExamples - This added 1.5 per cent to economic growth in the boom years of the 1990s.
- The British economy has suffered greater booms and deeper busts than the eurozone economies over the past few decades.
- The equivalent would be to increase the number of working hours per person in periods where the economy booms.
- As we know from countless business cycles, what that leads to is a boom and bust cycle.
- The growth figures suggest Ireland may recapture some of the form of the boom years when economic growth peaked at 11.5 per cent.
- A property tycoon today flagged up a series of multi-million pound projects designed to spark a business boom in Monks Cross.
- In periods of capitalist decline the crises are of prolonged character while the booms are fleeting, superficial and speculative.
- Venture capital investments have slowed since the internet boom and bust in which many funders lost money.
- Once central banks embark on an aggressive program of monetary expansion, the stage is set for an inevitable boom and bust.
- It turns out the dot-com boom and bust aren't just anomalies of runaway capitalism.
- The government is trying to cool an investment boom that stoked economic growth of 9.1 per cent last year, the fastest pace in seven years.
- Thailand is relying on rising exports and a consumer-spending boom to double economic growth this year.
- All this leads to economic boom and prosperity.
- Such borrowers are marginal to the fixed-capital investment that drives economic booms.
- That was a novel about the boom years of the 80s, which now seem lost in the explosion of tinsel that characterized the boom of the 90s.
- Some dealers credit the new wealth, while others say their sales were unaffected by the economic boom and bust.
- Most of the unsound lending that characterized the boom was done directly in the market rather than by banks.
- Irish investors are expected to spend up to €6 billion on overseas property this year as profits from the economic boom flow into Europe.
- Entire epochs of capitalist development exist when a number of cycles is characterized by sharply delineated booms and weak, short-lived crises.
- Over the last decade the economic boom has resulted in billions of euro being invested in property, both at home and abroad.
verbbumbo͞om [no object]Enjoy a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth. the popularity of soy-based foods has boomed in the last two decades Example sentencesExamples - The U.S. labor market was booming until an economic downturn began in 2001.
- When the economy is booming, this problem never arises.
- Car valeting companies across the country claim business is still booming, although some companies in the crowded Dublin market are starting to feel the pinch.
- We've seen, basically, five quarters where we've seen growth booming.
- Business was booming, but experienced craftsmen were becoming increasingly difficult to find.
- Our technology, financial services and pharmaceutical businesses boomed.
- In the days when the Dutch economy was booming and stock prices were soaring, shareholders weren't worried.
- With almost every sector booming with growth, resources are not an issue.
- The mixed economy boomed, bringing unprecedented prosperity to the middle and working classes.
- Business is far from booming, but at least there are signs of progress.
- The recent U.S. experience demonstrates that booms can last a long time, but not forever.
- All three economies are currently booming with growth rates of around 7 percent.
- While economies boom, the financial foundation could not be more precarious.
- However, as economic times continue to boom, private label growth has occurred in the lower-income consumer demographic.
- That, of course, did not mean the business cycle was dead or that the stock market would boom endlessly.
- Equally, rates could rise to high single digits if world peace was in jeopardy or economic growth boomed.
- And the insurance business boomed as well, selling peace of mind and security.
- As he flies about his meat processing empire in his jet monitoring developments below, the beef baron's business is booming.
- Most likely, as long as the economy was booming and the economic rewards were big enough, her employees would have endured her management style.
- Its middle class is growing rapidly, domestic consumption is booming and the growth of its manufacturing sector is nothing if not spectacular.
Origin Late 19th century (originally US): probably from boom. nounbumbo͞om 1A spar pivoting on the after side of the mast and to which the foot of a vessel's sail is attached, allowing the angle of the sail to be changed. Example sentencesExamples - He bundled the sails over the booms and tied them into ungainly lumps, then went to the wheelhouse.
- The sails were all furled in tight bundles around the various booms, and a lantern gleamed with white light on the bowsprit.
- Tying a rope to the wheel and to a pole to keep the vessel on course, Jake swung himself onto the boom and beginning to furl the sails himself.
- We had been flying slower than 100 knots most of the day because our hoist boom was extended.
- Only the creak of the mast and the boom, the rippling of the sail and the gurgling of the passing water reached Miri's ears.
- As Miller approached the helm looming before her, a quick glance at the boom and rigging was a reminder of the vessel's size.
- The wind caught the sails with a dull boom and the ship heeled about, tacking into the westerly breeze sweeping across the lake.
- She has a square sail on two booms, which I shall see is fully repaired, and there is little else to do to make her ready.
- I recognized it as the boom of a sailboat, with pieces of the sail torn on it.
- The sail is left fed into the boom and mast so all you have to do is pull it up.
- So a sheet is a rope, a tack is a turn into the wind and the boom is the spar along the bottom of the sail.
- Engineers used a computer-controlled boom pressurization system to initiate deployment of the boom and sail system.
- The boat took considerable damage in the storm, losing its mast, boom, compass and lifelines.
- He shut off the motor and untied the sails from the booms.
- We then come to the mast's boom that has broken into two pieces over the ship's hull.
- There was speculation that he might have been struck by the boom and thrown overboard as he changed the sail.
- The fire resulted in heavy damage to both the interior of the vessel and the exterior cabin area, plus damage to the mast, boom and rigging.
- Sonia waited until he was within three feet of her, then jumped up on the boom, running lightly towards the mast.
- Walking or running behind the sail holding on to the boom helps students get the feel of flying the sail.
- The wooden boat, valued at around $2000, had two sails and a boom but no mast.
- 1.1often as modifier A movable arm over a television or movie set, carrying a microphone or camera.
Example sentencesExamples - Any time they go out in public, there's a boom mike hanging over them, there's a camera on them, there's tape recorder all around them.
- A boom mike swings into the picture as the film's faked reality shatters.
- Once the overhead boom microphone had moved out of the way, she stepped forwards.
- Essentially, it is just a set of headphones and a boom microphone, plus the software that enables you to talk to others online.
- The supporting cast of cameramen, photographers and the people who hold the fluffy sound booms, made it impossible to move, as they jostled for the best positions.
- When he finally arrives, cameras line up in front of questioners and the boom mike circles the room, smacking writers in their heads.
- It resembles a small one-sided headphone with a small boom microphone, and comes in a bluish-grey and silver metallic colour.
- It had a camera on a boom arm and they were swinging it over and around the car which was following a short distance behind.
- Already the media was on the scene, in the building, hanging boom microphones and video cameras out the windows on either side of the woman.
- For example, you may not see the boom microphone on the left side of your shot until you are looking at the video in the video editing program.
- Joe Wetsch said into the mike boom that was suspended in front of his mouth.
- Four beats after curtain rises, bump downlights to full wattage; they're boom lights rigged to the top of the stage.
- He then took a headset down from a clip above him, and pulled the boom microphone around his chin to his lips.
- The area was awash with boom mikes and satellite dishes.
- If the projectionist bungles the job, subtitles will run off the bottom of the screen, actors' heads will be cut off, or boom microphones will bob into the frame.
- Spoken parts used to be recorded on the acting sets with boom mikes, but this is no longer done.
- No studio, no financing, no known actors just a cameraman, boom man, front man, and some extras.
- For example, if a cheer goes up at the appearance of the boom operator's credit in a movie, this means that his or her family is in attendance at the screening.
- Lucy pointed, too, and made some gurgles, and even patted the boom mike while the cameras rolled.
- Because I don't think that I'm any better than the camera operator, the boom man, I don't think that I'm any better than you are.
- 1.2 A long beam extending upward at an angle from the mast of a derrick, for guiding or supporting objects being moved or suspended.
Example sentencesExamples - At its center is a mixing console and an expensive microphone suspended from a boom.
- A 60-meter long boom was extended from the side of the Shuttle and two types of radar frequencies were beamed down from each end of it.
- The crane had an angled boom, so the engine moved down one inch for every inch we pulled out.
- The left joystick controls steering direction and travel speed, while the right joystick controls boom lift and attachment tilt functions.
- A portable boom control device and cable hook assembly is used for loading and unloading.
- The boomspray also features a hydraulic wing off the boom which allows farmers to spray over fence lines.
- It was supported on a long boom so that the top of it did not run through the radio dish.
- A boom hinged to the bottom of a mast to create a simple crane for loading and unloading cargo.
- Two systems are used to control boom stability.
- The sensors are located at the end of a boom attached to a yoke that rotates 360 degrees in the horizontal plane.
- 1.3 A floating beam used to contain oil spills or to form a barrier across the mouth of a harbor or river.
Example sentencesExamples - The operator is also required to provide a boom across the river to stop boats approaching the weir.
- The total length of the boom will be around 200m, with high-visibility pellets at 5m intervals.
- A boom was used to stop the foam travelling down the river.
- Officers from the Environment Agency stretched a number of booms across the river to contain the diesel and prevent it from travelling further downstream.
- Large floatation devices such as sausages - known as oil booms - line the river to contain the fuel.
- Crews with First Strike Environmental arrived Tuesday evening and have been working to absorb the fuel with booms and pads.
- Kochi was among the first ports to procure an oil spill containment boom in 1987.
- If all was clear, the boom was opened and you sailed out.
- Our bays and inlets could be protected by floating booms and where they exist, by closing sluice gates,’ she said.
- The contractors sent out an oil spill response team with booms to contain the spillage and absorbent pads to soak the oil up.
- A boom has been placed around the stricken vessel.
- When the council advertised it said suitable candidates must have between 10 and 15 rowing boats, a motor launch, a river boom and be suitably qualified in life saving.
- The Council was alerted by local residents on Thursday morning and managed to subdue the flow of diesel into the river by installing a boom.
- 1.4 A retractable tube for inflight transfer of fuel from a tanker airplane to another airplane.
Example sentencesExamples - Workers not experienced in working with today's long-reach boom pumps may not think about it beforehand.
- At its peak, the effort involved 14,000 vessels, 8o aircraft, better than 500,000 feet of boom.
- Nearly all internal fuel can be pumped through the tanker's flying boom, the KC-135's primary fuel transfer method.
- The primary air fuel transfer method is through the tanker's flying boom, controlled by an operator stationed at the rear of the fuselage.
Origin Mid 16th century (in the general sense ‘beam, pole’): from Dutch, ‘beam, tree, pole’; related to beam. |