Booming

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Making a deep, hollow, continued sound (in any of the senses of the verb).
  • Active; lively; advancing; buoyant: as, a booming market.
  • noun. In mining, ground-sluicing on a large scale by emptying the contents of a reservoir at once on material collected below, thus removing boulders.
  • noun. The act of making a deep, hollow, continued sound, or the sound itself.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
  • adjective. Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement.
  • noun. The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; ; a deep, hollow sound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of boom.
  • noun. The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound.
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  • adjective. used of the voice
  • adjective. very lively and profitable
  • Word Usage
    "Regardless of the vacant seats I still felt nervous to hear my name booming from those speakers."
    Equivalent
    full  successful  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-stem
    boom