Helen Fenton

Booze: Definition and part of speech

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Booze

  1. n. A carouse; a drinking.
  2. v. i. To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Boom: Definition and part of speech

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Boom

  1. v. t. To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
  2. n. A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
  3. n. A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
  4. n. A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
  5. n. A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
  6. n. A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
  7. n. A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; — applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Booming: Definition and part of speech

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Booming

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Boom
  2. a. Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
  3. a. Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Boomer: Definition and part of speech

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Boomer

  1. n. One who works up a “boom”.
  2. n. One who, or that which, booms.
  3. n. A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel.
  4. n. A large male kangaroo.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Boomerang: Definition and part of speech

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Boomerang

  1. n. A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.