Bomb

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An explosive weapon detonated by impact, proximity to an object, a timing mechanism, or other means.
  • n. An atomic or nuclear bomb. Used with the.
  • n. Any of various weapons detonated to release destructive material, such as smoke or gas.
  • n. Football A long forward pass.
  • n. A container capable of withstanding high internal pressure.
  • n. A vessel for storing compressed gas.
  • n. A portable, manually operated container that ejects a spray, foam, or gas under pressure.
  • n. Slang A dismal failure; a fiasco.
  • n. Slang An old car.
  • n. Slang One that is excellent or superior. Used with the.
  • n. Chiefly British Slang A large amount of money.
  • n. Chiefly British Slang A great success.
  • v. To attack, damage, or destroy with or as if with bombs.
  • verb-intransitive. To drop a bomb or bombs.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To fail miserably: The play bombed.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To paint a graffito.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
  • n. A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
  • n. A car in poor condition.
  • n. A large amount of money, a fortune.
  • n. A success; the bomb.
  • n. A very attractive woman; a bombshell.
  • n. An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
  • n. The atomic bomb.
  • n. A long forward pass.
  • n. A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
  • n. A jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, for maximum splashing.
  • v. To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
  • v. To fail dismally.
  • v. To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
  • v. To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
  • adj. great, awesome
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A great noise; a hollow sound.
  • n. A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.
  • n. A bomb ketch.
  • v. To bombard.
  • verb-intransitive. To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A variant of boom.
  • n. A great noise; a loud hollow sound; the stroke of a bell.
  • n. An explosive projectile, consisting of a hollow ball or spherical shell, generally of cast-iron, filled with a bursting charge, fired from a mortar, and usually exploded by means of a fuse or tube filled with a slow-burning compound, which is ignited by the exploding powder when the mortar is discharged.
  • n.
  • n. Any missile constructed upon similar principles: as, a dynamite bomb.
  • n. In geology, a block of scoria ejected from the crater of a volcano.
  • n. A small war-vessel carrying mortars for throwing bombs; a bomb-ketch.
  • To attack with bombs; bombard.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. fail to get a passing grade
  • v. throw bombs at or attack with bombs
  • n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
  • n. an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
  • n. strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    bombed    bombes    bombing    bombs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flop    fizzle    bust    calorimeter   
    Cross Reference
    lemon   
    Form
    bomber   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bombard    sound    boom    Shel    rustbucket    bombshell   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baum    Dom    Fromm    Guam    Islam    Mom    Palme    Panmunjom    Qom    Rom   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    missile    weapon    grenade    explosion    explosive    bullet    aircraft    device    ammunition    cannon