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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOOMING

BOOMING Boom "ing, a.

 

1. Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding. O'er the sea-beat ships the booming waters roar. Falcone.

 

2. Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity. [Colloq. U. S.]

 

BOOMING

BOOMING Boom "ing, n.

 

Defn: The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns. Howitt.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

booming

boom ing |ˈbo͞omiNG ˈbumɪŋ | adjective 1 having a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth: the booming economy. 2 (of a sound or voice ) loud, deep, and resonant: his booming voice | a booming laugh.

 

Oxford Dictionary

booming

boom |ing |buːmɪŋ | adjective 1 having a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth: the booming economy of the 1920s. 2 (of a sound or voice ) loud, deep, and resonant. 3 struck with great force: a booming kick from the touchline.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

booming

booming adjective 1 a booming voice: resonant, sonorous, ringing, resounding, reverberating, carrying, thunderous; strident, stentorian, strong, powerful. 2 booming business: flourishing, burgeoning, thriving, prospering, prosperous, successful, strong, buoyant; profitable, fruitful, lucrative; informal boffo.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

booming

booming adjective 1 he had a booming voice that contradicted his physical stature: resonant, sonorous, ringing, resounding, reverberating, reverberative, reverberant, reverberatory, carrying, thundering, thunderous, rumbling, roaring; very loud, strident, stentorian, strong, powerful, full, full-toned, rich, deep, deep-toned, baritone, bass; rare canorous, stentorious. 2 shops are reporting booming business: flourishing, burgeoning, thriving, prospering, prosperous, successful, strong, vigorous, buoyant; productive, profitable, fruitful, lucrative; growing, developing, progressing, improving, expanding, mushrooming, snowballing, ballooning; informal going strong.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

booming

b om ing 形容詞 名詞 の前で 〗急成長する ; 鳴り響く 〈声など 〉.