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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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.

Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement;

as,

booming

prices;

booming

popularity

[Colloq. U. S.]

Noun.

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.