bomb

/bɒm//bɑm/

noun

  1. 1

    An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.

  2. 2

    A failure; an unpopular commercial product.

    box office bomb
  3. 3

    A large amount of money.

    cost a bomb
  4. 4

    (social) Something highly effective or attractive.

  5. 5

    A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.

  6. 6

    A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.

  7. 7

    A great booming noise; a hollow sound.

  8. 8

    A woman’s breast.

  9. 9

    A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.

  10. 10

    A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.

  11. 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. 1

    To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.

  2. 2

    To fail dismally.

  3. 3

    To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.

  4. 4

    To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.

  5. 5

    To cover an area in many graffiti tags.

  6. 6

    To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.

  7. 7

    To make oneself drunk.

  8. 8

    (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.

    I was bombing down the road on my motorbike.

adjective

  1. 1

    Great, awesome.

    Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!

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