Definitions for bomb

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Spelling: [bom]

IPA: /bɒm/

Bomb is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in bomb (bbmo).

Definitions for bomb

noun

1. Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
2. any similar missile or explosive device used as a weapon, to disperse crowds, etc.:
3. Also called volcanic bomb. Geology. a rough spherical or ellipsoidal mass of lava, ejected from a volcano and hardened while falling.
4. weather bomb.
5. aerosol bomb.
6. Football. a long forward pass, especially one to a teammate who scores a touchdown.
7. Slang. an absolute failure; fiasco: Synonyms: flop, dud, bust, washout.
8. Computers. a spectacular program failure or system failure.
9. the bomb, Slang. something or someone that is excellent or very impressive:
10. Chiefly British Slang. an overwhelming success:
11. Jazz. a sudden, unexpected accent or rhythmic figure played by a drummer during a performance.
12. a lead or lead-lined container for transporting and storing radioactive materials.
13. the bomb. atomic bomb. nuclear weapons collectively.
14. Slang. a powerful automobile or other vehicle.
15. Slang. something unpleasant that is unexpected or shocking (often used in combination with the first letter of an offensive or unmentionable word, as in f-bomb; s-bomb; n-bomb): Synonyms: bombshell, shocker, kicker, surprise, bolt from the blue.
16. Slang. something unauthorized or illegal that is executed in a stealthy manner, typically having an overwhelming or sensational effect (used in combination, as in mail bomb; graffiti bomb).

verb (used with object)

1. to hurl bombs at or drop bombs upon, as from an airplane; bombard:
2. to explode by means of a bomb or explosive.
3. to damage, ruin, defeat, etc., as if with bombs.
4. Computers. to deliberately cause (a computer system) to fail with a program written for the purpose.

verb (used without object)

1. to hurl or drop bombs.
2. to explode a bomb or bombs.
3. Slang. to be or make a complete failure, especially to fail to please or gain an audience (sometimes followed by out): Synonyms: fail, flop.
4. (of a computer program or system) to fail spectacularly.
5. Slang. to spray-paint graffiti over many surfaces in an area, working quickly and using simple forms and designs:
6. Informal. to move very quickly:

Origin of bomb

1580-90; earlier bom(b)e Spanish bomba (de fuego) “ball (of fire),” akin to bombo “drum” Latin bombus “a booming sound” Greek bómbos

Examples for bomb

Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.

Now hackers are threatening to bomb any theater that shows it.

He got the connection of thoughts when a bomb was slid over the edge.

One day while Richards was campaigning, someone reported there was a bomb on her small plane.

"So you can hear the bomb explosions," suggested the Countess.

Would you think that Michaelis had anything to do with the preparation of that bomb, for instance?

And that sentence, uttered carelessly, had come like a bomb into my life.

Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.

They placed a bomb in a vital spot and set it off, sinking the merchantman.

The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.