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      boom
      noun
      A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
      A rapid expansion or increase.
      (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
      One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
      (computer chess, slang) An instance of booming.
      (sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
      (videography) A specially-designed, movable pole, used to suspend a microphone or camera high above the ground during filming or recording.
      A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
      (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi-Uda antenna, on which the other, smaller antennae are transversally mounted.
      A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
      (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits.
      A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
      The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
      A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.
      (videography) (by extension) Ellipsis of boom microphone (a microphone supported on such a pole).
      (aviation) Ellipsis of sonic boom. [(physics, aerodynamics) The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.]
      verb
      To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
      (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
      (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
      (transitive) To make (something) boom.
      (of a Eurasian bittern) To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
      (aviation) :
      (intransitive) To cause a sonic boom.
      (transitive, slang) To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
      (of a vehicle) To rush forwards with such violent intensity that it generates a sustained, overwhelming, roaring noise; especially from the perspective of a bystander who has been suddenly subjected to it.
      (computer chess, slang) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
      To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
      (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
      (transitive, dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.
      (slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise, to rally behind.
      Synonyms for boom
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