'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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A-bomb,
- aerial bomb,
- antimasque,
- antipersonnel bomb,
- astonishment,
- atom-bomb,
- atomic bomb,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- batter,
- be a gas,
- be a hit,
- bill,
- blast,
- blitz,
- blockbuster,
- blow,
- blow to pieces,
- blow up,
- bombard,
- bombshell,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- bust,
- cannonade,
- carcass,
- catch,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- concussion grenade,
- crap out,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- depth bomb,
- depth charge,
- dialogue,
- dive-bomb,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- dramatize,
- draw a blank,
- drop a bomb,
- drop the ball,
- dud,
- dull thud,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- earthshaker,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- explosive,
- extravaganza,
- eye-opener,
- fail,
- failure,
- fall flat,
- fan,
- feature,
- fire bomb,
- fireball,
- fizzle,
- flat failure,
- flop,
- floperoo,
- flummox,
- fold,
- fold up,
- frost,
- fusion bomb,
- gas grenade,
- gasser,
- get left,
- giveaway,
- glide-bomb,
- Grand Guignol,
- grenade,
- H-bomb,
- hand grenade,
- happening,
- headline,
- hit,
- hit show,
- hydrobomb,
- hydrogen bomb,
- improvisational drama,
- incendiary,
- incendiary bomb,
- incendiary grenade,
- infernal machine,
- joker,
- kicker,
- lay an egg,
- legitimate drama,
- lemon,
- lose out,
- loser,
- make a hit,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- melodramatize,
- mine,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- mount,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- open,
- open a show,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- Passion play,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- peripeteia,
- petard,
- piece,
- pipe bomb,
- play,
- playlet,
- plutonium bomb,
- premiere,
- present,
- preview,
- problem play,
- produce,
- psychodrama,
- put on,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- razon bomb,
- revelation,
- review,
- revue,
- robot bomb,
- roc,
- rocket bomb,
- satchel charge,
- scenarize,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- set the stage,
- shell,
- shocker,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skip-bomb,
- skit,
- smoke bomb,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- spring,
- stage,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- staggerer,
- star,
- startler,
- stench bomb,
- stink bomb,
- straight drama,
- strike out,
- succeed,
- success,
- surprisal,
- surprise,
- surprise ending,
- surprise package,
- surprise party,
- suspense drama,
- switch,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- take the count,
- talk show,
- tear-gas bomb,
- tear-gas grenade,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- theatricalize,
- thermonuclear bomb,
- thunderbolt,
- thunderclap,
- time bomb,
- Tom show,
- total loss,
- total theater,
- try out,
- turkey,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- wall grenade,
- washout,
- wear thin,
- whiff,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
Words containing 'Bomb'
- bomb out,
- bomb up,
- bombing,
- A-bomb,
- Bomb chest,
- Bomb ketch,
- Bomb lance,
- Bomb vessel,
- H bomb,
- Volcanic bomb,
- aerosol bomb,
- antipersonnel bomb,
- area bombing,
- atom bomb,
- atomic bomb,
- balloon bomb,
- bomb blast,
- bomb calorimeter,
- bomb rack,
- bomb shelter,
- bomb site,
- bombing run,
- briefcase bomb,
- buzz bomb,
- car bomb,
- carpet bomb,
- carpet bombing,
- chemical bomb,
- cherry bomb,
- clean bomb,
- cluster bomb,
- depth bomb,
- dirty bomb,
- dumb bomb,
- fission bomb,
- flying bomb,
- fragmentation bomb,
- fusion bomb,
- gas bomb,
- gasoline bomb,
- gp bomb,
- gravity bomb,
- hydrogen bomb,
- incendiary bomb,
- letter bomb,
- loft bombing,
- logic bomb,
- megaton bomb,
- microwave bomb,
- neutron bomb,
- package bomb,
- parcel bomb,
- penetration bomb,
- petrol bomb,
- pipe bomb,
- plastic bomb,
- plutonium bomb,
- robot bomb,
- saturation bombing,
- seal bomb,
- sex bomb,
- shoe bomb,
- smart bomb,
- smoke bomb,
- stench bomb,
- stink bomb,
- suicide bombing,
- thermobaric bomb,
- thermonuclear bomb,
- ticking bomb,
- time bomb,
- toss bombing,
- vacuum bomb,
- H-bomb,
- atom-bomb,
- dive-bomb,
- dive-bombing,
- e-bomb,
- glide-bomb,
- hydrogen-bomb,
- letter-bomb,
- over-the-shoulder bombing,
- pattern-bomb,
- skip-bomb,
- anti-personnel bomb,
- fuel-air bomb,
- general-purpose bomb,
- guided bomb unit-28,
- laser-guided bomb,
- remote-control bomb,
- volume-detonation bomb