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boom-booms

boom-booms is the plural of boom-boom.

boom-booms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of boom-boom.

Meaning of boom-boom

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)
  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

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Questions about boom-booms

What is boom-booms the plural of?
Boom-booms is the plural of boom-boom.

Words near boom-booms in the dictionary

  1. boom vangs
  2. boom-and-bust
  3. boom-boom
  4. boom-boomed
  5. boom-booming
  6. boom-booms
  7. boom-bust
  8. boom-busts
  9. boom-house
  10. boom-houses
  11. boomable

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