ALL meanings of bomb
bomb
B b - verb transitive bomb to attack, damage, or destroy with a bomb or bombs 3
- intransitive verb bomb to be a complete failure 3
- countable noun bomb A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area. 3
- singular noun bomb Nuclear weapons are sometimes referred to as the bomb. 3
- verb bomb When people bomb a place, they attack it with bombs. 3
- noun bomb a hollow projectile containing an explosive, incendiary, or other destructive substance, esp one carried by aircraft 3
- noun bomb (as modifier) 3
- noun bomb (in combination) 3
- noun bomb any container filled with explosive 3
- noun bomb a round or pear-shaped mass of volcanic rock, solidified from molten lava that has been thrown into the air 3
- noun bomb a container for radioactive material, applied therapeutically to any part of the body 3
- noun bomb a large sum of money (esp in the phrase make a bomb) 3
- noun bomb a disastrous failure 3
- noun bomb an old or dilapidated motorcar 3
- noun bomb a very long high pass 3
- verb bomb to attack with or as if with a bomb or bombs; drop bombs (on) 3
- verb bomb to move or drive very quickly 3
- verb bomb to fail disastrously; be a flop 3
- noun bomb a container filled with an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical for dropping or hurling, or for detonating by a timing mechanism 3
- noun bomb bombshell (sense 2) 3
- noun bomb a small container with compressed gas in it 3
- noun bomb a heavily shielded apparatus with radioactive material in it, used in radiotherapy 3
- noun bomb a complete failure 3
- noun bomb a mass of lava, usually globular, ejected from a volcano by explosion 3
- noun bomb a long forward pass 3
- noun bomb Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft. 1
- noun bomb any similar missile or explosive device used as a weapon, to disperse crowds, etc.: a time bomb; a smoke bomb. 1
- noun bomb Also called volcanic bomb. Geology. a rough spherical or ellipsoidal mass of lava, ejected from a volcano and hardened while falling. 1
- noun bomb weather bomb. 1
- noun bomb aerosol bomb. 1
- noun bomb Football. a long forward pass, especially one to a teammate who scores a touchdown. 1
- noun bomb Slang. an absolute failure; fiasco: The play was a bomb and closed after two performances. Synonyms: flop, dud, bust, washout. 1
- noun bomb Computers. a spectacular program failure or system failure. 1
- noun bomb the bomb, Slang. something or someone that is excellent or very impressive: Her boyfriend is the bomb! 1
- noun bomb Chiefly British Slang. an overwhelming success: The novel is selling like a bomb. 1
- noun Definition of bomb in Technology 1. (software) General synonym for crash except that it is not used as a noun. Especially used of software or OS failures. "Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb". 2. (operating system) Atari ST and Macintosh equivalents of a Unix "panic" or Amiga guru, in which icons of little black-powder bombs or mushroom clouds are displayed, indicating that the system has died. On the Macintosh, this may be accompanied by a decimal (or occasionally hexadecimal) number indicating what went wrong, similar to the Amiga guru meditation number. MS-DOS computers tend to lock up in this situation. 3. (software) A piece of code embedded in a program that remains dormant until it is triggered. Logic bombs are triggered by an event whereas time bombs are triggered either after a set amount of time has elapsed, or when a specific date is reached. 1
- noun bomb Jazz. a sudden, unexpected accent or rhythmic figure played by a drummer during a performance. 1
- noun bomb a lead or lead-lined container for transporting and storing radioactive materials. 1
- noun bomb the bomb. atomic bomb. nuclear weapons collectively. 1
- noun bomb Slang. a powerful automobile or other vehicle. 1
- noun bomb Slang. something unpleasant that is unexpected or shocking (often used in combination with the first letter of an offensive or unmentionable word, as in f-bomb; s-bomb; n-bomb): He's always dropping the f-bomb. Then came the bomb about the staff cuts. Synonyms: bombshell, shocker, kicker, surprise, bolt from the blue. 1
- noun bomb Slang. something unauthorized or illegal that is executed in a stealthy manner, typically having an overwhelming or sensational effect (used in combination, as in mail bomb; graffiti bomb). 1
- verb with object bomb to hurl bombs at or drop bombs upon, as from an airplane; bombard: The enemy planes bombed the city. 1
- verb with object bomb to explode by means of a bomb or explosive. 1
- verb with object bomb to damage, ruin, defeat, etc., as if with bombs. 1
- verb with object bomb Computers. to deliberately cause (a computer system) to fail with a program written for the purpose. 1
- verb without object bomb to hurl or drop bombs. 1
- verb without object bomb to explode a bomb or bombs. 1
- verb without object bomb Slang. to be or make a complete failure, especially to fail to please or gain an audience (sometimes followed by out): His last play bombed on Broadway. The business bombed out with a $25,000 debt. Synonyms: fail, flop. 1
- verb without object bomb (of a computer program or system) to fail spectacularly. 1