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Verb boom has 5 senses
- boom, din - make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"
--1 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:
Cars boom in the streets
The streets boom with cars
- smash, nail, boom, blast - hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
--2 is one way to hit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- thunder, boom - be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"
Sample sentences:
It was booming all day long
The business is going to boom
- boom, boom out - make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song"
--4 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish, expand - grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
--5 is one way to grow
Sample sentence:
The business is going to boom
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