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Word: Bomb
Speech Type: Noun
late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin
bɒm
a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device
Short Definition:explosive device
Examples:- a bomb attack
a lump of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano.
Short Definition:lump of lava
a large sum of money
Short Definition:large sum of money
Examples:- that silk must have cost a bomb
a film, play, or other event that fails badly
Short Definition:event that fails badly
Examples:- that bomb of an old movie
an outstandingly good person or thing
Short Definition:outstandingly good person or thing
Examples:- the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently
a long forward pass or hit in a ball game
Short Definition:long forward pass or hit
Examples:- a two-run bomb
a cannabis cigarette.
Short Definition:cannabis cigarette
Word: Bomb
Speech Type: Verb
bɒm
attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs
Short Definition:attack something with bomb
Examples:- they bombed the city at dawn
move very quickly
Short Definition:move very quickly
Examples:- we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed
(of a film, play, or other event) fail badly
Short Definition:fail badly
Examples:- it just became another big-budget film that bombed
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