BOOM
- to make a roaring sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- to make a loud hollow sound
- to flourish vigorously
- loud hollow sound
- rapid economic development
- to make a deep, resonant sound [v BOOMED, BOOMING, BOOMS] : BOOMINGLY [adv]
- long pole on a ship's mast, used to extend a sail
- beam on a derrick, used to support objects to be lifted
- to take decisive punitive action