Verb the sound of the bass drum booming His voice boomed out across the congregation. She boomed commands from the stern of the ship. “What's going on here?” he boomed. Housing construction has boomed in the past year. Last year we almost had to close the store, but now business is booming. See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English bomben, bummen, of imitative origin
Noun (2)
Dutch, tree, beam; akin to Old High German boum tree — more at beam