'Bomb' definitions:

Definition of 'bomb'

(from WordNet)
noun
An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
noun
Strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion [syn: bomb calorimeter, bomb]
noun
An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned" [syn: turkey, bomb, dud]
verb
Throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" [syn: bombard, bomb]
verb
Fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" [syn: fail, flunk, bomb, flush it] [ant: make it, pass]

Definition of 'Bomb'

From: GCIDE
  • Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. ?.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A bomb ketch. [1913 Webster]
  • Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion.
  • Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar vessel}.
  • Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing.
  • Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." --Darwin. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bomb'

From: GCIDE
  • Bomb \Bomb\, v. t. To bombard. [Obs.] --Prior. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bomb'

From: GCIDE
  • Bomb \Bomb\, v. i. [Cf. Boom.] To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bomb'

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