Dictionary Check: boom
"boom" is a valid word!
Scrabble
8
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Words with Friends
10
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Definition
noun
a deep prolonged loud noise
noun
a state of economic prosperity
noun
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
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
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
Example:
"His deep voice boomed through the hall"
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