bomb

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an…

   An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

   • The size of the ground hole crater from the blast indicates it was a bomb.
2. 2

   Any explosive charge.

   • The mineworkers are setting their bombs.
3. 3

   A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst…

   A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.

   • The children are playing with water bombs in the garden.
   • Activists threw paint bombs at the famous artwork.
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   1. 4

      Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.

      • That turkey fryer is a bomb waiting to go off.
      • The gas leak tragically turned the house into a bomb.
   2. 5

      A fart.

      • He just dropped a bomb.
   3. 6

      A failure

      A failure; an unpopular commercial product.

      • box-office bomb
      • Projection problems plagued Countess’ London premiere on January 5, 1967, Jerry Epstein recalled, and it was perhaps an omen, for reaction by critics afterward was swift and immediate: The film was a bomb.
      • The movie was a bomb and so was my next film, Balboa, in which I played a scheming real estate tycoon.
   4. 7

      A car in poor condition.

      • Nowadays, an old bomb simply won’t pass the inspection.
      • We′ve got the money and it just feels ridiculous to let you drive around in that old bomb.
      • After two weeks of driving it she knew the car was a bomb and she did not need anyone saying it to her. The only one allowed to pick on her car was her. Piece of crap car[…]
   5. 8

      A large amount of money.

      • make a bomb
      • cost a bomb
      • When Kiley presented Blackpool with the custom shotgun, he said, “This must′ve cost a bomb.”
   6. 9

      Something highly effective or attractive.

      • Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.
   7. 10

      A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per…

      A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.

      • A bomb for this study is defined as one in which the deepening rate is the geostrophic equivalent of at least 12 mb in 12 h at 45ºN.
   8. 11

      A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.

      • The process consisted in preparing the metal by metallothermic reduction of titanium tetrachloride with sodium metal in a steel bomb.
   9. 12

      A great booming noise

      A great booming noise; a hollow sound.

      • a Pillar of Iron […] Which if you had ſtrucke […] it would make a great Bombe in the Chamber beneath.
   10. 13

       A woman’s breast.

       • Birdie was okay, and occasionally in passing Mort would give her a slap on the behind, or cop of feel of those bombs of hers.
       • voices from the crowd: Hit her below the belt. (Laughter) voices:Her bombs might explode!
       • The fact that this girl had the greatest rack of any female athlete ever and got her bombs reduced is getting major play in the mainstream press
   11. 14

       A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first…

       A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.

   12. 15

       A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.

   13. 16

       An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as…

       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.

       • In clear contravention of the International Code of Conduct for Swimming Baths, a teenager had entered the pool by performing a bomb.
   14. 17

       To attack using one or more bombs

       To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.

       • Italy had bombed cities in the Ethiopian war; Italy and Germany had bombed civilians in the Spanish Civil War; at the start of World War II German planes dropped bombs on Rotterdam in Holland, Coventry in England, and elsewhere.
       • Essendon was bombed in the early hours of 3 September 1916; a few houses and part of the church were destroyed, and two sisters killed.
   15. 18

       To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in…

       To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.

   16. 19

       To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.

   17. 20

       To move at high speed.

       • I was bombing down the road on my motorbike.
   18. 21

       To make oneself drunk.

       • The calendar was selling Moctezuma beer, so I had one of them in her honor while Murray bombed himself with the mezcal.
       • TED: The champagne you ordered, sir. MAN: No time for this. Leave it on ice. WIFE: But I want some now... MAN: There'll be plenty for you at the party, baby, you can bomb yourself all you want at the party.
   19. 22

       To cover an area in many graffiti tags.

       • It is often used to collect other writer's tags, and future plans for bombing and piecing.
   20. 23

       To fail dismally.

       • I totally bombed that exam.
       • The nondiscrimination measures bombed at the polls, losing 18 percent to 82 percent. One gay activist in the city told GCN, "We got whupped."
   21. 24

       To crash.

       • When things weren't going Alison's way at work — some editor wanted something changed or her computer bombed again — she'd cuss and yell at whoever happened to be in the way.
   22. 25

       To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).

   23. 26

       To sound

       To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.

       • What over-charged piece of melancholie / Is this, breakes in betweene my wishes thus, / With bombing sighs?
   24. 27

       Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).

   25. 28

       Great, awesome.

       • Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!
   26. 29

       The atomic bomb

       The atomic bomb; the capacity to launch a nuclear attack.

       • Pakistan and India both have the Bomb now.
   27. 30

       Initialism of bottom of the motherfucking barrel (indicating that something or someone is…

       Initialism of bottom of the motherfucking barrel (indicating that something or someone is egregiously unfavorable).

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