Meaning

3 senses
  1. (historical)Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.

    Bombe, Granate, Explosivgeschoss

    бо́мбаbómba, снаря́дsnarjád

    бо́мбаbómba, снаря́дsnarjád

    an explosive bomb or artillery shell

  2. (figuratively)Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.

    Bombe

    сенса́цияsensácija, бо́мбаbómba

    a shocking surprise

  3. (broadly)Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.

    Diana Dors, the 1950s blonde bombshell

    Sexbombe, Granate

    секс-бо́мбаsɛks-bómba

Examples

11 sentences
  1. She dropped a bombshell on him.

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  2. She dropped a bombshell upon him.

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  3. Suddenly, he dropped us a bombshell.

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  4. Without warning, she dropped a bombshell.

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  5. The mayor dropped a bombshell at the news conference.

    ruНа пресс-конференции мэр произвел сенсацию.

    deDer Bürgermeister hat auf der Pressekonferenz die Bombe platzen lassen.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact:
Русский
By meaning 3
a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact:
something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational:
someone who is very attractive:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact:
someone who is very attractive:

Origin

From bomb + shell.

From bomb + shell.

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Forms

plural: bombshells
Singularbombshell
Pluralbombshells

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
bomb[Appendix:Glossary
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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