Definition of booming
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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Examples of booming in a Sentence
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
Recent Examples of booming from the Web
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But Shaun won't get another basketball game, his granddaughter won't get her grandfather's latest catch and his friends won't hear his distinctive booming voice anymore.
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Even with such a booming voice, Boo was able to wrangle herself in to control her delivery on songs packed with rowdy men.
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Shenzhen, a booming high-tech hub of futuristic skyscrapers, is on the front lines of China’s drive toward a lower carbon future led by Communist Party leaders who appear to have embraced the science of climate change.
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During the booming economy of the 1990s, the participation rate for that age group was more than 2 percent higher.
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A New York developer has formally unveiled plans for one of the first new office towers in the booming redevelopment zone that encompasses the Wynwood arts district and Midtown Miami.
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The paper excluded a number of larger Seattle businesses from its analysis, for one, and could not cleanly disaggregate whether the changes in the structure of the labor market were due to the booming local economy or to the minimum-wage hike.
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In some areas, the booming interest created another bottleneck as travelers waited for appointments to complete their Precheck applications.
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The booming stock market is in denial, economist David Rosenberg warns (CNBC)
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First Known Use of booming
1640
BOOMING Defined for English Language Learners
booming
playDefinition of booming for English Language Learners
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: growing or expanding very quickly
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: loud and low : having a low rumbling sound
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: very forceful or powerful
BOOMING Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of booming for Students
1 : making a deep sound a booming voice
2 : forcefully or powerfully done a booming hit
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