boomnoun
uk/buːm/us/buːm/boom noun (SOUND)
[ C ] a deep and loud hollow sound
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- jangling
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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boom noun (PERIOD OF GROWTH)
[ C or U ] a period of sudden economic growth, especially one that results in a lot of money being made:
[ C usually singular ] an increase in something , or a time when something becomes more popular:
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Economics
- autarchy
- broad money
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- consumer price index
- credit crunch
- depressed
- downturn
- expenditure
- GDP per capita
- GNI
- hyperinflation
- market forces
- mixed economy
- pecuniary
- protectionism
- retail price index
- spending
- stall
- trade figures
- upturn
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boom noun (BOAT)
[ C ] specialized sailing (on a boat) a long pole that moves and that has a sail fastened to it
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Parts of ships & boats
- abaft
- boathook
- boiler room
- capstan
- echo sounder
- engine room
- gangplank
- gunnel
- helm
- jib
- lanyard
- lifebelt
- mast
- oar
- paddle
- porthole
- rib
- rudder
- sail
- tiller
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boom noun (FILMING)
[ C ] a long pole with a microphone on one end that is held above the actors so that it records their voices but cannot be seen by the people watching, used in television and film-making
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Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- Bollywood
- CGI
- filming
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- pan
- shoot
- showing
- slide projector
- slow motion
- sound effect
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- the big screen 1
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boomverb
uk/buːm/us/buːm/boom verb (MAKE A SOUND)
[ I or T ] to make a very deep and loud hollow sound:
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- jangling
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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boom verb (GROW)
[ I ] to increase or become successful and produce a lot of money very quickly:
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Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- develop
- go great guns idiom
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- rise
- shape
- simmer
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
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