bomb
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraftAn explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
» We heard the bomb go off.
Wir hörten die Bombe explodieren.
Мы слышали, как взорвалась бомба.
Ми чули, як вибухнула бомба.
Meaning
27 sensesAn explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
(dated, often)The atomic bomb.
During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes.
(figuratively)Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
(colloquial)Any explosive charge.
The mineworkers are setting their bombs.
(in compounds)A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
The children are playing with water bombs in the garden.
Activists threw paint bombs at the famous artwork.
(colloquial, figuratively)Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
That turkey fryer is a bomb waiting to go off.
The gas leak tragically turned the house into a bomb.
(India, South, colloquial)A fart.
He just dropped a bomb.
(slang)A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
box-office bomb
(Australia, US, informal)A car in poor condition.
развалю́хаrazvaljúxa
(Australia, UK, slang)A large amount of money.
make a bomb
cost a bomb
Something highly effective or attractive.
(UK, slang)A success; the bomb.
Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.
(India, UK, slang)A very attractive woman.
красо́ткаkrasótka, секс-бо́мбаsɛks-bómba
Examples
416 sentencesWe heard the bomb go off.
Ми чули, як вибухнула бомба.
ruМы слышали, как взорвалась бомба.
deWir hörten die Bombe explodieren.
Tom thought it was a bomb.
Том подумав, що це була бомба.
ruТом решил, что это бомба.
Tom thought that it was a bomb.
Том подумав, що це була бомба.
This bomb can kill many people.
Ця бомба може вбити багато людей.
deDiese Bombe kann viele Menschen töten.
I have a bomb.
У мене бомба.
ruУ меня бомба.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 5
By meaning 2
Origin
From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from AncientFrom French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom.
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Forms
plural: bombsSynonyms
12 synonyms- strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion:bomb calorimeter
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual:turkeydud
Word family
191 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- defuse the bomb
- the bomb exploded
- bomb exploded
- bombed during the
- was a bomb
- when the bomb
- was bombed during
- bomb went off
- atomic bomb
- bombed during
- find the bomb
- bombs on the