Boom
Appearance
Boom usually refers to an onomatopoeic word for the sound that an explosion makes. Boom may also refer to:
Objects
- Boom (containment), a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill
- Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle strung across a navigable stretch of water to control or block navigation
- Boom (sailing), spar at the foot of a sail on a sailboat
- Boom (ship), a type of Arab sailing vessel
- Boom (windsurfing), a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment
- Log boom, a barrier placed in a river
- Boom, the lifting part of a crane (machine)
- Boom, the rear fuselage of an aircraft, as in twin boom
Other common meanings
- Sonic boom, the sound created by an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound
- Flourishing, a rapid growth
- Economic boom, a time of rapid growth in wealth, as in a boom town
- Latin American Boom, a literary movement in 1960s Latin America
- Baby boom, a period marked by a greatly increased birth rate
Arts and entertainment
Music
Performers
- Boom! (band), a pop band founded by Hear'Say member Johnny Shentall
- The Boom, a Japanese rock band
- Boom Gaspar (born 1953), piano/keyboard/organ player for the band Pearl Jam
Albums
- Boom (album), a 1966 album by The Sonics
Songs
- "Boom" (Anastacia song), by American recording artist Anastacia, the official song for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
- "Boom" (Anjulie song), a 2008 song by Anjulie
- "Boom", from One Fierce Beer Coaster (1996) by the Bloodhound Gang
- "Boom" (Flight of the Conchords song), from the episode "Bret Gives Up the Dream"
- "Boom" (Mario song), a 2005 R&B single by Mario featuring Juvenile
- "Boom", from the 2008 album The Sound by gospel R&B duo Mary Mary
- "Boom" (P.O.D. song), a 2002 song by American rock band P.O.D. from Satellite
- "Boom" (Royce da 5'9" song), the first single from rapper Royce da 5'9"'s debut studio album Rock City
- "Boom" (Snoop Dogg song), a 2011 song by West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg
- "Boom", on the album Primitive by Soulfly
- "Boom!", on Steal This Album! by System of a Down
- "Boom!", on Taking One for the Team by Simple Plan
- "Boom" (T-Pain song), a 2008 special collaboration single with Filip Filippi, better known as Sin Sizzerb
Festivals
- Boom Festival, an electronic music festival in Portugal
- BOOM Festival, a former Yugoslav music festival
Films
- Boom! (film), a 1968 British drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Noël Coward
- Boom (film), a 2004 Bollywood film directed by Kaizad Gustad
- Il Boom, a 1963 film by Italian director Vittorio de Sica
Television
- Boom! (TV series), an American reality television series that aired in 2005
- Boom! (2015 TV series), an American game show with a time bomb theme
- Boom, the original title of the U.S. TV series Blood and Oil
- "Boom" (CSI), a first-season episode of C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation
- "Boom!" (Castle), the conclusion to a two-part arc of the TV series Castle
- Boom (Power Rangers), a character from the American TV series Power Rangers: S.P.D.
Other
- Boom! Studios, an American comics publisher
- Boom! (novel), a 2009 children's science fiction novel by Mark Haddon
- Boom (play), by Peter Sinn Nachtreib
- Boom (source port), a source port of the computer game Doom
Places
- Boom, Belgium, a municipality
- Boom Mountain, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
- Boom Lake, near the mountain
- Boom Gorge, a gorge on the Chu River in Kyrgyzstan
- Boom, Texas, former name of Summerfield, Texas
Media
- BOOMTV, a proposed Canadian premium TV service
- Boom TV (Romania), a satellite TV company
- Boom TV (Macedonia), a digital TV provider
- Boom! Studios, an American comic book and graphic novel publisher
- Boom FM, a branding of classic hits radio stations broadcasting in Canada
- KROI, a radio station serving the Greater Houston area, branded as Boom 92
- XERP-AM, a Mexican radio station serving the Tampico, Tamaulipas area, branded as boom 104.7
- WPHI-FM, a radio station serving the Philadelphia area, branded as Boom 107.9
People
- Boom (surname)
- Boom (nickname)
- Boom (entertainer) (born 1982), South Korean rapper, singer and actor
Organizations
- Boom Technology, a startup aircraft company