boomy

Adjective

boomy (comparative boomier, superlative boomiest)

1. (informal) Characterized by heavy or undesirably loud bass sounds.
   • If you're miking a boomy acoustic, the proximity effect can work against you, but having it on a thin-sounding arch-top can work for you.1999, Jon Chappell, The Recording Guitarist: A Guide for Home and Studio, page 54
   • As an airliner approaches you from a long way off, the sound is first heard as rumble, and, as it get closer and then directly overhead, the sound becomes increasingly boomier.2007, Gary Gottlieb, Shaping Sound in the Studio and Beyond: Audio Aesthetics and Technology, page 250
2. (informal) Of or pertaining to a financial boom, resources boom, baby boom, etc.
   • Tacoma was literally staggering under a boom of the boomiest. I do not quite remember what her natural resources were supposed to be, […] .c. 1880s, Rudyard Kipling, quoted in 1992, John William Reps, The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in the United States, page 412
   • A larger amount of capital is seeking investment than in the boomiest of boom times, yet there is no boom now.1903, Mining Magazine: An International Monthly Review of Current Progress in Mining and Metallurgy, volume 7, page 132
3. (informal) That booms.
   • Pupil of Earth stinky-dome three-dimensions planet have only short time to throw off mantle of FGREPSTER before big boomy things come falling down and make three dimensions happy place again you betchum.1993 August 29, Tim Maroney, “BOOGA: An Introduction”, in alt.magick (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Dec 2025
   • Annie is frightened by storm fronts and she will relentlessly twine herself between my legs whenever the barometer drops. […] "It's going away. It's okay," I say. OKAY. THANKS, says Annie. OHMYGOD! WHAT WAS THAT BOOMY THING??!? I DON'T LIKE THAT BOOMY THING. OH...YOU SURE? OKAY. THANKS.1998 December 9, Mumthra, “Help! Big! Bird!”, in alt.foot.fat-free (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Dec 2025