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any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set a deep prolonged loud noise a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line" a state of economic prosperity grow stronger; "The economy was booming" make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song" make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" |
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