booming
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Definitions ofbooming
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
Example: "I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel."
- (of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- To make something boom.
Example: "Men in grey robes slowly boom the drums of death."
- To publicly praise.
- To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
Example: "to boom off a boat"
- (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
- To flourish, grow, or progress.
Example: "Business was booming."
- To cause to advance rapidly in price.
Example: "to boom railroad or mining shares"
- A deep hollow or roaring sound.
- Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth.
Example: "The power of China's booming economy continues to stun the world."
- Loud and resonant.
Example: "He was asked to be MC at the function on account of his booming voice."
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