bomb
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Used frequently in everyday conversation
Simple pronunciation
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noun
1. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
2. A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
"box office bomb"
3. A large amount of money.
"cost a bomb"
4. (social) Something highly effective or attractive.
5. A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
6. A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
7. A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
8. A woman’s breast.
9. A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
10. A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
11. An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
Synonyms
verb
1. To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
2. To fail dismally.
3. To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
4. To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
5. To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
6. To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
7. To make oneself drunk.
8. (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
"I was bombing down the road on my motorbike."
adjective
1. Great, awesome.
"Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!"
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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