booming

adjective

boom·​ing ˈbü-miŋ How to pronounce booming (audio)
1
: making a loud deep sound
his booming voice
2
: growing or expanding very quickly
a booming business
3
: forcefully or powerfully executed
hit a booming serve

Examples of booming in a Sentence

We're not benefiting from the country's booming economy. Suddenly the children heard Grandpa's booming voice demanding that they get down from the roof. a tennis player with a booming serve
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Unlike many of the unprofitable companies that went public during the booming IPO market of 2020-2021, CoreWeave is efficiently scaling its business, at least from an income statement perspective. David Trainer, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025 If finalized, the deal would mark Coinbase’s most aggressive move yet into the booming crypto derivatives market, which has long been dominated by offshore players. Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 The pill could be a new, needle-free alternative in the booming weight loss drug market and potentially broaden access for patients across the country at a time when injections have been facing supply constraints. 5. Michele Luhn, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025 Fast forward nearly 30 years, and my personal associations with Paso lean less on boy band obsessions and more on the booming viticultural scene. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for booming

Word History

First Known Use

1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of booming was in 1640

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“Booming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booming. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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booming

adjective
boom·​ing ˈbü-miŋ How to pronounce booming (audio)
1
: making a deep sound
his booming voice
2
: forcefully or powerfully done
hit a booming serve

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