Bomb Definition

bŏm
bombed, bombing, bombs
noun
bombs
A container filled with an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical for dropping or hurling, or for detonating by a timing mechanism.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
An atomic or nuclear bomb. Used with the.
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Any of various weapons detonated to release destructive material, such as smoke or gas.
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A heavily shielded apparatus with radioactive material in it, used in radiotherapy.
A cobalt bomb.
Webster's New World
verb
bombed, bombing, bombs
To be a complete failure.
Webster's New World
To attack, damage, or destroy with a bomb or bombs.
Webster's New World
To drop a bomb or bombs.
American Heritage
To fail miserably.
The play bombed.
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To paint a graffito.
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adjective

(slang) Great, awesome.

Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!
Wiktionary
idiom
the Bomb
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Origin of Bomb

  • From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bombos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself.

    From Wiktionary

  • French bombe from Italian bomba probably from Latin bombus a booming sound from Greek bombos of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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