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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As she was cleared of the most serious charges, Read hugged her lawyers — as booming cheers could be heard from the crowd gathered outside.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 18 June 2025
Going deeper The second annual Fortune Southeast Asia 500 list provides insight into a region ready to take advantage of global supply chain shifts and booming industries like mining, EVs, and AI.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 June 2025
The emotional impact is so blunted that our only choice is to surrender to the booming spectacle of it all (Hans Zimmer, take the wheel), but even that proves difficult in a film that never quite solves how to handle the sameness of a 44-lap race.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
The trio has opened many other booming concepts in the D-FW metroplex– two Miriam Cocina Latinas, four D-FW Flying Saucer Draught Emporiums and eight Flying Fishes.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 18 June 2025
Going deeper The second annual Fortune Southeast Asia 500 list provides insight into a region ready to take advantage of global supply chain shifts and booming industries like mining, EVs, and AI.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 June 2025
The emotional impact is so blunted that our only choice is to surrender to the booming spectacle of it all (Hans Zimmer, take the wheel), but even that proves difficult in a film that never quite solves how to handle the sameness of a 44-lap race.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
The trio has opened many other booming concepts in the D-FW metroplex– two Miriam Cocina Latinas, four D-FW Flying Saucer Draught Emporiums and eight Flying Fishes.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
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“Booming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booming. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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booming
adjective
boom·ing
ˈbü-miŋ 
1
: making a deep sound
his booming voice
2
: forcefully or powerfully done
hit a booming serve
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