boomy

boomy
Ⅰ.
boom [1] ► NOUN ▪ a loud, deep, resonant sound.
► VERB ▪ make this sound.
DERIVATIVES booming adjective boomy adjective.
ORIGIN imitative; perhaps from Dutch bommen 'to hum, buzz' .
Ⅱ.
boom [3] ► NOUN 1) a pivoted spar to which the foot of a vessel's sail is attached. 2) a movable arm carrying a microphone or film camera. 3) a floating beam used to contain oil spills or to form a barrier across the mouth of a harbour.
ORIGIN Dutch, 'beam, tree, pole' , related to BEAM(Cf. ↑beam).

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