Bomb Word Meaning

late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin

a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device

explosive device

• a bomb attack

a lump of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano.

lump of lava

a large sum of money

large sum of money

• that silk must have cost a bomb

a film, play, or other event that fails badly

event that fails badly

• that bomb of an old movie

an outstandingly good person or thing

outstandingly good person or thing

• the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently

a long forward pass or hit in a ball game

long forward pass or hit

• a two-run bomb

a cannabis cigarette.

cannabis cigarette

attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs

attack something with bomb

• they bombed the city at dawn

move very quickly

move very quickly

• we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed

(of a film, play, or other event) fail badly

fail badly

• it just became another big-budget film that bombed