Boom

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Boom is an an onomatopoetic word that may refer to:

• The sound of an explosion, such as a sonic boom.
• Economic boom, a time of rapid growth in an economy.
• A mechanical arm for holding equipment, such as a microphone.
• Boom operator (media), an assistant to the production sound mixer.
• Boom (source port), a source port of the computer game Doom.

Nature/Sports

• Boom (sailing), spar at the foot of a sail on a sail boat.
• Boom (windsurfing), a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
• A floating barrier, usually a chain supported by interspersed buoyant elements, for blocking a waterway, such as a narrow harbour entrance or a river.
• A log boom was a barrier placed in a river, designed to collect and or contain floating logs timbered from nearby forests.
• In Australia, a game of soccer in which tackling is allowed.

Television and films

• BOOMTV, a proposed Canadian premium television service.
• Boom! (1968 film), directed by Joseph Losey.
• Boom (2003 film), a Bollywood film directed by Kaizad Gustad.

Music

• BooM is a Funk-Rock Band in Tehran.
• "Boom", a song by Christian rock group P.O.D.
• "Boom!", a protest song recorded by System of a Down.
• "Boom", a song by Anastasia
• "Boom", a song recorded by Mario and Juvenile.

Other

• Boom is the name of a spar used on a Crane (machine).
• Any strong growth or development, for example:

• The Latin American Boom, a major current in Latin American literature in the second half of the 20th century.

• Boom, Antwerp, a municipality in Belgium.
• A slang term for the recreational drug crystal methamphetamine. Usually refers to the process of freebasing the crystalline substance.
• A clone of the Bomberman game
• Boom! Studios, a comic book publisher.

[edit] See also

• Boom Boom
• Boom Boom Boom
• Boom Boom Boom Boom

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