boom
/bum/ noun C2- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion. · the boom of the surf
- A rapid expansion or increase. · You should prepare for the coming boom in the tech industry.
- A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- An instance of booming.
Plural booms
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
That would boom the market; she will buy heavily, and she will certainly lose when Beauchamp announces the following day, in his gazette, ‘The report circulated by some usually well-informed persons that the king was seen yesterday at Gabrielle’s house, is totally without foundation.
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