booms is a form of:
Boom
- 1.
- (COLLOQUIAL) ត្រូវក្ដោង
noun
- 1.
- (NAUTICAL) សាវ
- 2.
- ការកើនឡើងយ៉ាងលឿន
- 3.
- (MECHANIC) ដងសន្ទូច (គ្រឿងយន្ដ)
verb — past tense: boomed ; past participle: boomed ; present participle: booming ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ (something) (out) (to make, or utter with, a deep hollow sound, to flourish, to increase or develop swiftly) guns boom បញ្ចេញសូរលាន់រំពង, (business) is booming ចម្រើនលូតលាស់
- 2.
- រីកចម្រើន
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- 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.
- 3.
- A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
- 4.
- 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.
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- A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
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- A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
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- 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.
verb — past tense: boomed ; past participle: boomed ; present participle: booming ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.