1
: making a loud deep sound
his booming voice
2
: growing or expanding very quickly
a booming business
3
: forcefully or powerfully executed
hit a booming serve
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We're not benefiting from the country's booming economy.
Suddenly the children heard Grandpa's booming voice demanding that they get down from the roof.
a tennis player with a booming serve
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The globe-trotting track opens with some stunning flamenco finger-picking from Marcin and Martínez’s booming vocals.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
In a time of booming production and thousands of new factories buzzing across America, Hamilton was arguably the first American physician to take a professional interest in the health and safety of workers—and one of the first to try to make American industries safer.
—Daniel Stone, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Oklahoma Read Next Florida Three ‘booming’ Florida cities rank among nation’s hottest suburbs.
—Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
After the fines in September, SpaceX sent a letter to Congress blasting AST for being too slow to keep up with the booming space industry.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 11 Feb. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
In a time of booming production and thousands of new factories buzzing across America, Hamilton was arguably the first American physician to take a professional interest in the health and safety of workers—and one of the first to try to make American industries safer.
—Daniel Stone, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Oklahoma Read Next Florida Three ‘booming’ Florida cities rank among nation’s hottest suburbs.
—Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
After the fines in September, SpaceX sent a letter to Congress blasting AST for being too slow to keep up with the booming space industry.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Booming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booming. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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booming
adjective
boom·ing
ˈbü-miŋ 
1
: making a deep sound
his booming voice
2
: forcefully or powerfully done
hit a booming serve
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