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boom-boom

boom-boom verb: to make a loud, low-pitched sound.

Verb

boom-boom (third-person singular simple present boom-booms, present participle boom-booming, simple past and past participle boom-boomed)

  1. To make a loud, low-pitched sound.
    • Overhead the woodpecker knocked insistently, and in the forest depths the partridge boom-boomed and strutted in virile glory.1902, Jack London, A Daughter of the Snows, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    bang, boom
  2. To strike or beat.
    • Archer lowers the boom on Tolaris about assaulting T’Pol and Tolaris boom booms him into the wall.2015 September 19, putaro, “Fusion”, in Putaro's Enterprise Rewatch Reviews & Snarkfest, Triaxiansilk.com, retrieved 01 Sep 2016
    Synonyms:
    bang
  3. To have sexual intercourse.
    • We're smart, sexy, and have even more sexable holes in our bodies than before the apocalypse. I would let a man boom-boom the hole in my calf...2014, Megan Amram, “The apocalypse”, in Science... For Her!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 110
    Synonyms:
    bang

Noun

boom-boom (countable and uncountable, plural boom-booms)

  1. Loud, resonant sound; a repeated loud sound.
    • ...it detested the thunderous boom-boom of the big drum, and the whoopings and hollerings that frightened the horses...1980, Donald A Smith, At the Forks of the Grand, Paris, Ontario: Paris Public Library Board, →ISBN, page 27
    Synonyms:
    clap
  2. (figuratively, slang) A strike; an act of beating.
    • ...others spontaneously beat or shot helpless inmates [...] an SS-Blochführer was assisted by his girlfriend, who chortled, "Bubi, you have already made boom-boom so often, now let girly make boom-boom for once."1993, Evan Burr Bukey, “Gordon J. Horvitz, In the Shadow of Death: Living outside the Gates of Mauthausen”, in Günter Bischof, Anton Pelinka, editors, Austria in the New Europe, Transaction...
    Synonyms:
    clobbering
  3. (childish, euphemistic, uncountable) Excrement.
    • “Alright, fine, you wanna see? Here! There. That would have been better? If I showed up like that out of nowhere? Look at you! You practically crapped your pants. Except him, he crapped his pants.” “Boom-boom.” “We know what we're doing up there, okay? So don't second guess me. Just get in your...2006 August 6, Jackson Publick, “Twenty Years to Midnight” (20:43 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season 2, episode 5, spoken by Ned (Christopher McCulloch)
    • “A long time ago, when I was a baby, I went boom-boom on a leaf. Boom! Boom! Then I fell backwards and sat in my own boom-boom. I cried for a day...” [sobbing] “...but no one came to help me. That day, I vowed to help anyone in need, no matter how small their problem. And that's why I need to go.”2010 May 3, Bert Youn & Sean Jimenez, “Memories of Boom Boom Mountain” (1:32 from the start), in Adventure Time, season 1, spoken by Finn the Human (Jeremy Shada)
  4. (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
    • Thuy pressed her body against him. "You want boom-boom?" she said.2008, Ralph French, Beyond the Call of Duty, Beyond the Call of Duty, →ISBN, page 31
    Synonyms:
    coitus

Adjective

boom-boom (not comparable)

  1. Resonant; producing a booming sound.
    • The boom-boom bass out in the truck bay wasn't quite loud enough to drown out the whoops and the hollers of the ladies.2015, Kate Meader, Flirting with Fire, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 60
    Synonyms:
    canorous, resounding

Interjection

  1. (UK) Used to draw attention to a pun or weak joke.
    • "If he thinks that, he should live in a loony bin." "He already does." "Ha ha ha ha ha ha boom-boom!"2003 November 28, “Surprise Party” (00:28 from the start), in The Basil Brush Show, season 2, British Broadcasting Corporation
    Synonyms:
    ba-dum ching

Examples of boom-boom in a sentence

  • Except him, he crapped his pants.” “Boom-boom.” “We know what we're doing up there, okay?2006 August 6, Jackson Publick, “Twenty Years to Midnight” (20:43 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season 2, episode 5, spoken by Ned...
  • We've just gotta get President Obama to make a boom-boom in a pool.”2010 May 9, Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland, “An Incident at Owl Creek” (14:37 from the start), in American Dad!, season 6, episode 17...
  • Whatever the case, he was quite close to making boom-boom in his pants.2012, Joe Micik, 0.00: Tales of the Sober Kid at College, Joe Micik, →ISBN, page 199:
  • And the only boom-booms will be in our pants.2015 September 9, Mark NC, quoting Ralph Wiggum of The Simpsons, “Remedial Republicans: Or How Ralph Wiggum Foretold The Coming Of Donald...

Synonyms of boom-boom

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Forms of boom-boom

Verb
third-person singular presentboom-booms
present participleboom-booming
past participleboom-boomed
pastboom-boomed
Noun
pluralboom-booms

Origin of boom-boom

Onomatopoeic. See boom.

Questions about boom-boom

What does boom-boom mean?
Boom-boom means to make a loud, low-pitched sound.
How do you use boom-boom in a sentence?
Except him, he crapped his pants.” “Boom-boom.” “We know what we're doing up there, okay?
What part of speech is boom-boom?
Boom-boom can be a verb, a noun, an adjective or an interjection.
What is the past tense of boom-boom?
The past tense of boom-boom is boom-boomed.

Words near boom-boom in the dictionary

  1. boom town
  2. boom towns
  3. boom vang
  4. boom vangs
  5. boom-and-bust
  6. boom-boom
  7. boom-boomed
  8. boom-booming
  9. boom-booms
  10. boom-bust
  11. boom-busts

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