Definition of booms

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • booms is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • booms is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • booms is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of booms


  • a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. microphone boom
  • make a resonant sound, like artillery (verb)

    Examples

    1. His deep voice boomed through the hall

    Synonyms

    1. din
  • hit hard (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. blast
    2. nail
    3. smash
  • a deep prolonged loud noise (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. roar
    2. roaring
    3. thunder
  • grow vigorously (verb)

    Examples

    1. business is booming

    Synonyms

    1. expand
    2. flourish
    3. thrive
  • a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) (noun)

    Examples

    1. the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line

    Synonyms

    1. bonanza
    2. bunce
    3. godsend
    4. gold rush
    5. gravy
    6. manna from heaven
    7. windfall
  • be the case that thunder is being heard (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. thunder
  • make a deep hollow sound (verb)

    Examples

    1. Her voice booms out the words of the song

    Synonyms

    1. boom out
  • 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 (noun)
  • a state of economic prosperity (noun)

See definition of booms in Merriam Webster