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 Boom v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boomed p. pr. & vb. n. Booming.]
 1. To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
 At eve the beetle boometh
 Athwart the thicket lone.   --Tennyson.
 2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
    Alarm guns booming through the night air.   --W. Irving.
 3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
    She comes booming down before it.   --Totten.
 4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.