Antonyms for
boom
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
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No Antonyms Found for Boom

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All Definitions for Boom

Below are all the dictionary definitions of boom:

1To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
2To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
3To flourish, grow, or progress.
4To make (something) boom.
5To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
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7To cause a sonic boom.
8To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
9To rush forwards with such violent intensity that it generates a sustained, overwhelming, roaring noise
10Especially from the perspective of a bystander who has been suddenly subjected to it.
11To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
12To cause to advance rapidly in price.
13A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
14A rapid expansion or increase.
15A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
16One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
17An instance of booming.
18A spar extending the foot of a sail
19A spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
20A specially-designed, movable pole, used to suspend a microphone or camera high above the ground during filming or recording.
21A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
22The longest element of a Yagi-Uda antenna, on which the other, smaller antennae are transversally mounted.
23A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes
24Or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
25A 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.
26A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
27The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
28To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
29To raise or lower with a crane boom.
30To publicly praise, to rally behind.
31A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.
32(by extension) Ellipsis of boom microphone (a microphone supported on such a pole).
33Ellipsis 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.]

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