bomb

²bomb

verb

Definition of BOMB

transitive verb

1

: to attack with or as if with bombs : bombard

2

: to defeat decisively

3

: to hit (as a baseball or a golf shot) very hard

intransitive verb

1

: to fall flat : fail

2

slang : to move rapidly <bombed down the hill>

— bomb·ing noun

Examples of BOMB

1. The city was heavily bombed during the war.
2. The planes flew 200 miles to bomb their target.
3. The movie bombed at the box office.
4. The play bombed on Broadway.
5. He bombed at his first performance.
6. I completely bombed my math exam.
7. A car was bombing down the highway.
8. teenagers bombing around in a convertible

First Known Use of BOMB

1688

Related to BOMB

Synonyms: barrage, bombard

Antonyms: crawl, creep, poke

Related Words: examine, grill, interrogate, pump, query, question, quiz; debrief; cross-examine; catechize; annoy, harass, hound, pester; flood, inundate

Near Antonyms: dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up)

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