bomb

Plural: bombs

Noun

an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
The atomic bomb.
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
A grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell.
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
Ellipsis of bomb ship.
Any explosive charge.
A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
A fart.
A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
A car in poor condition.
A large amount of money.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A success; the bomb.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A very attractive woman.
Something highly effective or attractive.
An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
Something highly effective or attractive.
An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
An obscene word identified by its first letter.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A long forward pass.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
A woman’s breast.
A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.

Verb

Verb Forms: bombed, bombing, bombs

To attack or hit with explosive devices.
throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- "The Americans bombed Dresden"
fail to get a passing grade
To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
To move at high speed.
To make oneself drunk.
To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
To fail dismally.
To crash.
To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).

Adj

Great, awesome.

Examples

Activists threw paint bombs at the famous artwork.
box-office bomb
cost a bomb
During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes.
Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!
He just dropped a bomb.
Her opponent tried to bomb his score with a huge word, but he blocked it.
I totally bombed that exam.
I was bombing down the road on my motorbike.
It was an ordinary speech, until the president dropped a bomb: he would be retiring for medical reasons.
make a bomb
Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi.
Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.
That turkey fryer is a bomb waiting to go off.
The children are playing with water bombs in the garden.
The gas leak tragically turned the house into a bomb.
The mineworkers are setting their bombs.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

bomb calorimeter, bombard, dud, fail, flunk, flush it, turkey, blow up, bombshell, cannonball, fortune, garryowen, lemon, packet, parachute, pretty penny, rustbucket, up and under

Antonyms

pass

Scrabble Score: 10

bomb: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bomb: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bomb: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

bomb: valid Words With Friends Word