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Common
noun
•
An
explosive
device
used or
intended
as a
weapon
.
The
atomic bomb
.
Events
or
conditions
that have a
speedy
destructive
effect
.
Any
explosive
charge
.
•
A
failure
; an
unpopular
commercial
product.
•
In American English & Australian English:
A
car
in
poor
condition
.
•
In British English:
A large
amount
of
money
.
•
In British English:
Something
highly
effective
or
attractive
.
A
success
;
the bomb
.
•
In British English & Indian English:
Something
highly
effective
or
attractive
.
A very
attractive
woman
.
•
Something
highly
effective
or
attractive
.
An
action
or
statement
that
causes
a
strong
reaction
.
•
In Football (American):
Something
highly
effective
or
attractive
.
A
long
forward pass
.
•
In Basketball:
Something
highly
effective
or
attractive
.
A
throw
into the
basket
from a
considerable
distance
.
•
A
cyclone
whose
central
pressure
drops
at an
average
rate
of
at least
one
millibar
per
hour
for
at least
24
hour
s.
•
In Chemistry:
A heavy-walled
container
designed
to
permit
chemical reactions
under high
pressure
.
•
A
great
booming
noise
; a
hollow
sound
.
•
A woman’s
breast
.
•
In Professional wrestling:
A
professional wrestling
throw in
which an
opponent
is
lifted
and then
slammed
back-first
down to
the
mat
.
•
A
recreational drug
ground
up,
wrapped
, and
swallowed
.
•
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
.
•
The
atomic bomb
; the
capacity
to
launch
a
nuclear
attack
.
verb
•
To
attack
using one or more
bombs
; to
bombard
.
•
To
fail
dismally
.
•
In Computing:
To
crash
.
•
To
jump
into water in a
squatting
position
, with the
arms
wrapped
around the
legs
.
•
To
sound
; to
boom
; to make a
humming
or
buzzing
sound
.
•
To
cover
an
area
in many
graffiti
tags
.
•
To
add
an
excessive
amount
of
chlorine
to a
pool
when it has not been
maintained
properly
.
•
To make
oneself
drunk
.
•
To
move
at high
speed
.
adj
•
Great
,
awesome
.
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om
Tom
Dom
BoM
pom
Rom
ROM
tom
BOM
nom
prom
bomb
from
aandblom
therefrom
Lineage
bomb
English
bombe
French
bomba
Italian
bombus
Latin
βόμβος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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