BOOM vs FLOURISH: NOUN
- That space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed.
- One of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse.
- A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
- A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
- A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
- A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
- A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail
- A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office.
- A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
- A pole fastened lengthwise of a load of hay to bind the load.
- A sudden increase of activity; a rush.
- Plural A space in a vessel's waist used for stowing boats and spare spars.
- A pole set up as a mark to direct seamen how to keep the channel in shallow water.
- A chain of floating logs fastened together at the ends and stretched across a river, etc., to stop floating timber.
- A strong barrier, as of beams, or an iron chain or cable fastened to spars, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to prevent an enemy's ships from passing.
- A long pole or spar used to extend the foot of certain sails of a ship: as, the main-boom, jib-boom, studdingsail-boom.
- A deep, hollow, continued sound.
- A long hollow tube attached to a tanker aircraft, through which fuel flows to another aircraft being refueled in flight.
- A spar that connects the tail surfaces and the main structure of an airplane.
- A long movable arm used to maneuver and support a microphone.
- A floating barrier serving to contain an oil spill.
- A barrier composed of a chain of floating logs enclosing other free-floating logs, typically used to catch floating debris or to obstruct passage.
- A long pole extending upward at an angle from the mast of a derrick to support or guide objects being lifted or suspended.
- A long spar extending from a mast to hold or extend the foot of a sail.
- A sudden increase, as in popularity.
- A time of economic prosperity.
- A deep resonant sound, as of an explosion.
- A state of economic prosperity
- A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- A deep prolonged loud noise
- A pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
- Any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
- The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing.
- A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare.
- A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure.
- Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show.
- Decoration; ornament; beauty.
- A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor.
- A trumpet-call; a fanfare.
- In music: An elaborate but unmeaning passage for display, or as a preparation for real performance.
- A brandishing; the waving of something held in the hand: as, the flourish of a sword, a cane, or a whip.
- A figure formed by bold or fanciful lines or strokes of the pen or graver: as, the flourishes about an initial letter.
- Ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; especially, parade of words and figures; rhetorical display.
- Showy adornment; decoration; ornament.
- A flourishing condition.
- A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.
- An ostentatious act or gesture.
- An embellishment or ornamentation.
- A dramatic or stylish movement, as of waving or brandishing.
- An ornamental embellishment in writing
- A showy gesture
- A display of ornamental speech or language
- The act of waving
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
BOOM vs FLOURISH: VERB
- (figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- To make a loud, resonant sound.
- Hit hard
- Be the case that thunder is being heard
- Grow stronger
- Make a resonant sound, like artillery
- Make a deep hollow sound
- To prosper or fare well.
- To thrive or grow well.
- Grow stronger
- Gain in wealth
- Move or swing back and forth
BOOM vs FLOURISH: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
- To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
- To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
- To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
- To cause to grow or flourish; boost.
- To utter or give forth with a deep, resonant sound.
- To grow, develop, or progress rapidly; flourish.
- To make a deep, resonant sound.
- To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
- To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
- To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or production.
- To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.
- To wield, wave, or exhibit dramatically.
- To make bold, sweeping movements.
- To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence.
- To do or fare well; prosper.
- To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive.
BOOM vs FLOURISH: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To cause to advance rapidly in price.
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- To move or position using a crane.
- To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.
- To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.
- To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
BOOM vs FLOURISH: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Grow vigorously
- Hit with great force
- To bring into prominence or public notice by calculated means; push with vigor or spirit: as, to boom a commercial venture, or the candidacy of an aspirant for office.
- Mr. McCullagh, in a letter to one of the editors of this Dictionary, says: “I cannot explain how I came to use it, except that, while on the gunboats on the Mississippi river during the war, I used to hear the pilots say of the river, when rising rapidly and overflowing its banks, that it (the river) was ‘booming.’ The idea I wished to convey was that the Grant movement was rising—swelling, etc. The word seemed to be a good one to the ear, and I kept it up. It was generally adopted about a year afterward. I used it as a noun after a while, and spoke of ‘the Grant boom.’ ”]
- [The earliest instance of the word in this sense appears to be in the following passage:
- To pen or confine (logs) with a boom.
- To drive or guide (logs) down a stream with a boom or pole.
- To shove with a boom or spar.
- To make a deep, hollow, continued sound.
- (idiom) (drop/lower) To act suddenly and forcefully to repress a practice or reprimand an offender; crack down.
- Make steady progress
- Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- Grow vigorously
- To gloss over; give a fair appearance to.
- To brandish; hold in the hand and shake or wave about; hence, to display ostentatiously; flaunt: as, to flourish a sword or a whip; to flourish one's wealth or finery; to flourish one's authority.
- To finish with care; enlarge and embellish; elaborate.
- To embellish with flourishes, as handwriting, diction, etc.; adorn with flowery or showy words, figures, or lines; in general, to ornament profusely in any way: as, to flourish a signature.
- To cause to prosper; preserve.
- To cause to bloom; cause to thrive or grow luxuriantly.
- To shake; be brandished.
- To boast; vaunt; brag.
- In music:
- To move or be moved in fantastic, irregular figures; play with fantastic or wavering motion.
- To make flourishes; use flowery or fanciful embellishments: as, to flourish in writing or speech.
- To be in a state of active existence or actual exercise; exist in activity or practice.
- To thrive under social or spiritual forces or relations; be vigorous in action or development; be successful or prosperous.
- To thrive under natural forces or conditions; be in a state of natural vigor or development; grow or be developed vigorously.
- To bloom; blossom; flower.
BOOM vs FLOURISH: RELATED WORDS
- Get ahead, Boom out, Nail, Expand, Thunder, Din, Smash, Thrive, Blast, Flourish, Roar, Prosper, Goldmine, Roaring, Bonanza
- Fester, Proliferate, Bloom, Grow, Evolve, Blossom, Get ahead, Fligh high, Fanfare, Brandish, Wave, Boom, Expand, Prosper, Thrive
BOOM vs FLOURISH: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Craze, Bubble, Microphone boom, Nail, Expand, Thunder, Din, Smash, Blast, Flourish, Roar, Prosper, Goldmine, Roaring, Bonanza
- Flower, Prosperity, Succeed, Develop, Fester, Proliferate, Bloom, Grow, Evolve, Blossom, Brandish, Wave, Boom, Expand, Prosper
BOOM vs FLOURISH: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- But Boom Boom and I had played, fought, protected each other.
- Or it could distract Boom Boom as he approached the ball.
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- But Harris leapt over the sprawling Boom Boom and scored.
- So, we go upstairs to the boom boom room.
- Boom Cotton for day and the Boom Mask next.
- To start my heart and breathing all I had to do was move one muscle and it would boom boom boom start up again.
- At high boom angles, the boom can collapse over the back of the machine if the boom isaccelerated or decelerated rapidly.
- They say they fear for my life, boom, boom, boom.
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- Use this time to build yourself and flourish.
- This has helped me flourish in my career.
- But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.
- Instead, their Jewish culture was permitted to flourish.
- Teach me your ways so I can flourish.
- Here is a summary of his book, Flourish.
- They want to see employees grow and flourish.
- My aim is to help your child flourish.
- Will romance flourish in such an arid place?
- Step Flourish Challenge has been designed to help busy people to flourish.
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