bomb
noun
- 1
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
- 2
A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
“box office bomb”
- 3
A large amount of money.
“cost a bomb”
- 4
(social) Something highly effective or attractive.
- 5
A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- 6
A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- 7
A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
- 8
A woman’s breast.
- 9
A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- 10
A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
- 11
An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
verb
- 1
To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- 2
To fail dismally.
- 3
To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
- 4
To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
- 5
To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- 6
To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- 7
To make oneself drunk.
- 8
(especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
“I was bombing down the road on my motorbike.”
adjective
- 1
Great, awesome.
“Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!”
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