boom·er

(bo͞o′mər)

1. One that booms: an amp that is a real boomer.

2. Informal A baby boomer.

3. Informal A nuclear submarine armed with ballistic missiles.

4. A transient worker, especially in bridge construction.

5. Australian A large, fully grown male kangaroo.

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boomer

(ˈbuːmə)

1. (Animals) Austral a large male kangaroo

2. informal Austral and NZ anything exceptionally large

[from English dialect]

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boom•er

(ˈbu mər)

n.

1. a person or thing that booms.

2. a person who settles in areas or towns that are booming.

3. Informal. baby boomer.

4. an itinerant or migratory worker.

[1820–30]

Boomer

Colloquial for a load binder, a tool used to tighten chains holding down loads.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

boomer - a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers"

baby boomer

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

baby boom, baby-boom generation - the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II

Translations

haut-parleur de graves

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It was a shocking bad wound, began the whale-surgeon; and, taking my advice, Captain Boomer here, stood our old Sammy-- Samuel Enderby is the name of my ship, interrupted the one-armed captain, addressing Ahab; go on, boy.

I was about observing, sir, before Captain Boomer's facetious interruption, that spite of my best and severest endeavors, the wound kept getting worse and worse; the truth was, sir, it was as ugly gaping wound as surgeon ever saw; more than two feet and several inches long.

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