sonic boom

sonic boom

noun

Definition of SONIC BOOM

: a sound resembling an explosion produced when a shock wave formed at the nose of an aircraft traveling at supersonic speed reaches the ground —called also sonic bang

First Known Use of SONIC BOOM

1952

Rhymes with SONIC BOOM

anteroom, baby boom, banquet room, birthing room, boiler room, city room, coffee room, common room, counting room, cutting room, elbow room, family room, impostume, Jacquard loom, keeping room, ladies' room, living room, locker-room, lumber room, nom de plume, powder room, ready room, rumpus room, sitting room, smoking room, standing room, straw mushroom, tiring-room, waiting room, wiggle room, women's room, witches'-broom