Meaning

13 senses
  1. Something that makes a booming sound.

  2. A device used to bind or tighten chain.

  3. (US, slang)A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.

  4. (UK)A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.).

  5. An adult male kangaroo.

  6. (Appalachia)A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).

  7. A sewellel (Aplodontia rufa).

  8. A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence.

  9. (US)A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.

  10. A techno-optimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.

  11. (informal)A baby boomer.

    Boomers came of age in the era of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.

    a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s

  12. (broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes)An elderly person, regardless of generation.

    I'm going to be a boomer by the time this thing is over.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. "Kids these days have it too easy." "OK, boomer."

    «Сучасним дітям все дістається дуже легко». — «Ок, бумер».

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  2. "Back in my day kids were so much tougher." "OK, boomer."

    "У наш час діти були набагато сильніші." "Ок, бумер."

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  3. Baby boomers are starting to retire.

    ruБебибумеры начинают выходить на пенсию.

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  4. Tom is a boomer.

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  5. Tom is a baby boomer.

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