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Rarebooms
The correct spelling is booms.
How to pronounce booms
noun
IPA: /buːmz/
Say it like: Boo-ms
The correct spelling is booms. A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion. For example: "The boom of the surf."
Usage Examples
“The boom of the surf.”
“You should prepare for the coming boom in the tech industry.”
“I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- 2.A rapid expansion or increase.
- 3.One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- 4.A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- 5.A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
verb
- 1.To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- 2.(of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- 3.To make something boom.
- 4.To publicly praise.
- 5.To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
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