“boom”

Definitions

• noun

  a deep prolonged loud noise

  Synonyms: roar, roaring, thunder, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accrue, accruement, accumulate, accumulation, addition

• noun

  a state of economic prosperity

• noun

  a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

  Synonyms: bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce

  • Example:“The demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line.”

• noun

  a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

  Synonyms: microphone boom

• noun

  any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring

• verb

  make a resonant sound, like artillery

  Synonyms: din

  • Example:“His deep voice boomed through the hall.”