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- Boom - n. - A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
- Boom - n. - A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
- Boom - n. - A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
- Boom - n. - A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
- Boom - n. - A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
- Boom - v. t. - To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
- Boom - v. i. - To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
- Boom - v. i. - To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
- Boom - v. i. - To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
- Boom - v. i. - To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
- Boom - n. - A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
- 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.
- Boom - v. t. - To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator.
- Boomdas - n. - A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.
- Boomed - imp. & p. p. - of Boom
- Boomer - n. - One who, or that which, booms.
- Boomer - n. - A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel.
- Boomer - n. - A large male kangaroo.
- Boomer - n. - One who works up a "boom".
- 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 to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.
- Booming - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Boom
- Booming - a. - Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
- Booming - a. - Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity.
- Booming - n. - The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns.
- Boomkin - n. - Same as Bumkin.
- Jibe - v. i. - To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.
- Boom - v. t. - To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
- 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.
- Martingal - n. - A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself.
- Balance - n. - To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.
- Withe - n. - An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe.
- Jaw - n. - The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- Inboard - a. & adv. - Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard.
- Bowsprit - n. - A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
- 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.
- Nock - n. - The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
- 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.
- Boom - v. t. - To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator.