bombs

noun

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

(figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.

(colloquial) Any explosive charge.

(in combination) A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.

(colloquial, figurative) Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.

(South India, colloquial) A fart.

(slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.

(US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.

(UK, Australia, slang) A large amount of money.

Something highly effective or attractive.

(chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb.

(chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman.

(often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.

An obscene word identified by its first letter.

(American football, slang) A long forward pass.

(rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.

(basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.

(slang) A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).

A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.

(chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.

(slang) A woman’s breast.

(professional wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.

(slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.

(colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.

(informal) The atomic bomb; the capacity to launch a nuclear attack.

(dated, often with the) The atomic bomb.

(historical or archaic) A grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell.

(obsolete) A great booming noise; a hollow sound.

(historical, archaic) Ellipsis of bomb ship. [(military, nautical, historical) A ship armed with high-angle mortars firing explosive or carcass shells, and specialized for shore bombardment.]

verb

(transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.

(transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

(informal) To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.

(informal) To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.

(informal) (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.

(slang) (reflexive) To make oneself drunk.

(slang) To cover an area in many graffiti tags.

(slang) (ambitransitive) To fail dismally.

(slang) (intransitive, computing) To crash.

(slang) (transitive, slang) To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).

(slang) Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).

(obsolete) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.

adjective

(slang) Great, awesome.

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