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Definition of boom
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of boom is as below...
Boom (n.) A
strong
and
extensive
advance,
with more or less noisy
excitement;
--
applied
colloquially
or
humorously
to
market
prices,
the
demand
for
stocks
or
commodities
and to
political
chances
of
aspirants
to
office;
as, a boom in the stock
market;
a boom in
coffee..
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Gybe
::
Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a
vessel
to the
other;
-- said of the boom of a
fore-and-aft
sail when the
vessel
is
steered
off the wind until the sail fills on the
opposite
side.
Kyley
::
Kyley (n.) A
variety
of the
boomerang.
Bumkin
::
Bumkin
(n.) A
projecting
beam or boom; as: (a) One
projecting
from each bow of a
vessel,
to haul the fore tack to,
called
a tack
bumpkin.
(b) One from each
quarter,
for the
main-brace
blocks,
and
called
brace
bumpkin.
(c) A small
outrigger
over the stern of a boat, to
extend
the
mizzen..
Catboat
::
Catboat
(n.) A small
sailboat,
with a
single
mast
placed
as far
forward
as
possible,
carring
a sail
extended
by a gaff and long boom. See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Spar
::
Spar (v. t.) A
general
term any round piece of
timber
used as a mast, yard, boom, or
gaff..
Spanker
::
Spanker
(n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a
fore-and-aft
sail
attached
to a boom and gaff; --
sometimes
called
driver.
See
Illust.
under
Sail..
Boomerang
::
Boomerang
(n.) A very
singular
missile
weapon
used by the
natives
of
Australia
and in some parts of
India.
It is
usually
a
curved
stick of hard wood, from
twenty
to
thirty
inches
in
length,
from two to three
inches
wide, and half or three
quarters
of an inch
thick.
When
thrown
from the hand with a quick
rotary
motion,
it
describes
very
remarkable
curves,
according
to the shape of the
instrument
and the
manner
of
throwing
it, often
moving
nearly
horizontally
a long
distance,
then
curving
upward
t
Sloop
::
Sloop (n.) A
vessel
having
one mast and
fore-and-aft
rig,
consisting
of a
boom-and-gaff
mainsail,
jibs,
staysail,
and gaff
topsail.
The
typical
sloop has a fixed
bowsprit,
topmast,
and
standing
rigging,
while those of a
cutter
are
capable
of being
readily
shifted.
The sloop
usually
carries
a
centerboard,
and
depends
for
stability
upon
breadth
of beam
rather
than depth of keel. The two types have
rapidly
approximated
since 1880. One
radical
distinction
is that a slop may carry a
centerboard.
See
Boom
::
Boom (v. i.) To have a rapid
growth
in
market
value or in
popular
favor;
to go on
rushingly.
Wango
::
Wango (n.) A
boomerang.
Spekboom
::
Spekboom
(n.) The
purslane
tree of South
Africa,
-- said to be the
favorite
food of
elephants..
Heel
::
Heel (n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the
bowsprit,
the
sternpost,
etc..
Hushing
::
Hushing
(n.) The
process
of
washing
ore, or of
uncovering
mineral
veins,
by a heavy
discharge
of water from a
reservoir;
flushing;
-- also
called
booming..
Boom
::
Boom (v. i.) To rush with
violence
and
noise,
as a ship under a press of sail,
before
a free
wind..
Boom
::
Boom (v. i.) To make a
hollow
sound,
as of waves or
cannon..
Spencer
::
Spencer
(n.) A
fore-and-aft
sail, abaft the
foremast
or the
mainmast,
hoisted
upon a small
supplementary
mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a
trysail
carried
at the
foremast
or
mainmast;
-- named after its
inventor,
Knight
Spencer,
of
England
[1802]..
Student
::
Studding
sail () A light sail set at the side of a
principal
or
square
sail of a
vessel
in free
winds,
to
increase
her
speed.
Its head is bent to a small spar which is
called
the
studding-sail
boom. See
Illust.
of
Sail..
Boom
::
Boom (v. i.) To cry with a
hollow
note; to make a
hollow
sound,
as the
bittern,
and some
insects..
"""boomer "
::
Boomer
(n.) One who works up a
boom..
Sheet
::
Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which
regulates
the angle of
adjustment
of a sail in
relation
in
relation
to the wind; --
usually
attached
to the lower
corner
of a sail, or to a yard or a
boom..
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