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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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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Freia (the bright-voiced Rachel Willis-Sorensen), Froh (the trumpeting Brian Jagde) and Donner (the booming Christian Van Horn) are all plausible.
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Take a listen to Cube's booming track below and pre-order Death Certificate: 25 Anniversary Edition here.
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Montreal’s real estate market so far has been left out of the global spotlight focused on the booming Canadian property markets of Toronto and Vancouver.
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The Kushner Cos. engaged in a bit of creative mapmaking to qualify one of its buildings in a booming New Jersey waterfront neighborhood across from Manhattan for a federal visa-for-investment program targeting struggling areas.
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TOP STORIES Melting pot Irvine is often cited as a model for diversity and success, a booming city of great schools, manicured neighborhoods and an ethnic, albeit elite, melting pot.
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The booming heroin business has encouraged the rise of new gun-toting trafficking bands, which in turn has triggered the rise of citizen militias.
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Engineers at Apple are racing to catch their peers at Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. in the booming field of artificial intelligence.
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A tall and wide 31-year-old with a booming, operatic voice, Lanng is sitting on the couch of his venture backer’s house in Copenhagen.
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BOOMING Defined for English Language Learners
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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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1 : making a deep sound a booming voice
2 : forcefully or powerfully done a booming hit
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