boom box

noun

: a usually large portable stereophonic radio and tape or CD player

Examples of boom box in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rap was part of the New York environment now, barging from boom boxes and windows. — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

There was a man wearing a chicken costume and a Brazil jersey, and dancing to music from a boom box, at the Cortlandt Street R station in New York. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 13 June 2026

Putting it over the top, Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield (wearing a Lightning jersey) led the team in, with offensive lineman Tristan Wirfs holding a boom box over his shoulder as a hype man. — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026

Luis even rigged up their old kitchen boom box to play The Black Keys' cover of the song while Alyona read the note. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for boom box

• botox
• checkbox
• comox
• cornstalks
• cowpox
• crosswalks
• deadlocks
• detox
• feedstocks
• gearbox
• hemlocks
• icebox

Kids Definition

boom box

noun

: a large portable radio and often tape deck or CD player with two attached speakers