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Synonyms for booming


Grammar : Adj
Spell : boom
Phonetic Transcription : bum



Définition of booming

Origin :
  • mid-15c., earliest use was for bees and wasps, probably echoic of humming. The meaning "make a loud noise" is 15c. Cf. bomb. Meaning "to burst into prosperity" (of places, businesses, etc.) is 1871, American English. Related: Boomed; booming. Boom box first attested 1978.
  • adj flourishing
Example sentences :
  • From my first sleep I was awakened by a long, booming yell from our guest outside.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • When they reached the shop where topees were to be got, she heard a familiar, booming voice.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • As to old Cullingworth, he is booming along as merrily as ever.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • It was a booming voice, with a quality that dragged at the attention of the crowd.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison
  • These are the two men; and as for Tombstone, it was booming.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • The big Sharps boomed; the saddles emptied to their booming.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • The camp was booming as he had never dared to hope it would boom.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Amid the booming of the cannon which welcomed his successor he prepared for his departure.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • My brother fired—once—twice—and the booming of the gong ceased.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • His voice was covered by the booming of the great bell of the cathedral.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

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