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Definition bomb

Etymology

From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom.

Noun

bomb (plural bombs)

1. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
   1. (dated) The atomic bomb.
   2. (figuratively) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
   3. Colloquially among explosive users, sometimes used to mean any explosive charge
2. (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
   1. (US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.
3. (Britain, slang) A large amount of money.
4. (social) Something highly effective or attractive.
   1. (chiefly Britain, slang) A success; the bomb.
   2. (chiefly Britain, India, slang) A very attractive woman.
   3. (often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
   4. (American football, slang) A long forward pass.
   5. (informal) A jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, for maximum splashing.
5. A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
6. (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
7. (obsolete) A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
8. (slang) A woman’s breast.
9. (wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
10. (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
11. (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body.

Verb

bomb (third-person singular simple present bombs, present participle bombing, simple past and past participle bombed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
2. (intransitive, slang) To fail dismally.
3. (informal) To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
4. (obsolete) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
5. (slang) To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
6. (informal) To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
7. (slang, reflexive) To make oneself drunk.
8. (informal, especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.

Adjective

bomb (comparative more bomb, superlative most bomb)

1. (slang) Great, awesome.

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