Etymology

OnomatopoeicCategory:English onomatopoeias#BOOMBOOM. See boom.

Pronunciation

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Verb

boom-boom (third-person singular simple present boom-booms, present participle boom-booming, simple past and past participle boom-boomed)Category:English lemmas#BOOMBOOMCategory:English verbs#BOOMBOOMCategory:English multiword terms#BOOMBOOMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOOMBOOMCategory:Pages with entries#BOOM-BOOMCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOOM-BOOM

1. To make a loud, low-pitched sound.
   • 1902, Jack London, A Daughter of the Snows, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

     Overhead the woodpecker knocked insistently, and in the forest depths the partridge boom-boomed and strutted in virile glory.

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2. To strike or beat.
   • 2015 September 19, putaro, “Fusion”, in Putaro's Enterprise Rewatch Reviews & Snarkfest‎, Triaxiansilk.com, retrieved 9-01-2016:

     Archer lowers the boom on Tolaris about assaulting T’Pol and Tolaris boom booms him into the wall.

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3. To have sexual intercourse.
   • 2014, Megan Amram, “The apocalypse”, in Science... For Her!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 110:

     We're smart, sexy, and have even more sexable holes in our bodies than before the apocalypse. I would let a man boom-boom the hole in my calf...

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Noun

boom-boom (countable and uncountable, plural boom-booms)Category:English lemmas#BOOMBOOMCategory:English nouns#BOOMBOOMCategory:English uncountable nouns#BOOMBOOMCategory:English countable nouns#BOOMBOOMCategory:English countable nouns#BOOMBOOMCategory:English multiword terms#BOOMBOOMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOOMBOOMCategory:Pages with entries#BOOM-BOOMCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOOM-BOOM

1. Loud, resonant sound; a repeated loud sound.
   • 1980, Donald A Smith, At the Forks of the Grand, Paris, Ontario: Paris Public Library Board, →ISBN, page 27:

     ...it detested the thunderous boom-boom of the big drum, and the whoopings and hollerings that frightened the horses...

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2. (figurative, slangCategory:English slang#BOOMBOOM) A strike; an act of beating.
   • 1993, Evan Burr Bukey, “Gordon J. Horvitz, In the Shadow of Death: Living outside the Gates of Mauthausen”, in Günter Bischof, Anton Pelinka, editors, Austria in the New Europe, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 175:

     ...others spontaneously beat or shot helpless inmates [...] an SS-Blochführer was assisted by his girlfriend, who chortled, "Bubi, you have already made boom-boom so often, now let girly make boom-boom for once."

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3. (euphemisticCategory:English euphemisms#BOOMBOOM, childishCategory:English childish terms#BOOMBOOM, chiefly uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BOOMBOOM) Excrement.

   Synonyms: (childish) boo-boo, (childish) doo-doo, (childish) poo; see also Thesaurus:feces

   • 2006 August 6, Jackson Publick, “Twenty Years to Midnight” (20:43 from the start), in The Venture Bros.‎, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Ned (Christopher McCulloch):

     “Alright, fine, you wanna see? Here! There. That would have been better? If I showed up like that out of nowhere? Look at you! You practically crapped your pants. Except him, he crapped his pants.” “Boom-boom.” “We know what we're doing up there, okay? So don't second guess me. Just get in your little plane, go back to your little lives, and thank your lucky stars someone in this universe is looking out for you, ungrateful little half monkeys.” “Um, bye.” “Whatever.”

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   • 2010 May 3, Bert Youn & Sean Jimenez, “Memories of Boom Boom Mountain” (1:32 from the start), in Adventure Time‎, season 1, spoken by Finn the Human (Jeremy Shada):

     “A long time ago, when I was a baby, I went boom-boom on a leaf. Boom! Boom! Then I fell backwards and sat in my own boom-boom. I cried for a day...” [sobbing] “...but no one came to help me. That day, I vowed to help anyone in need, no matter how small their problem. And that's why I need to go.”

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   • 2012, Joe Micik, 0.00: Tales of the Sober Kid at College, Joe Micik, →ISBN, page 199:

     Whatever the case, he was quite close to making boom-boom in his pants.

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   • 2015 September 9, Mark NC, quoting Ralph Wiggum of The Simpsons, “Remedial Republicans: Or How Ralph Wiggum Foretold The Coming Of Donald Trump”, in News Corpse‎, retrieved 9-02-2016:

     When we’re mad, we’ll just use our words, then the rest of the world will play nice with us. And the only boom-booms will be in our pants.

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   • 2018 June 18, Andrew Carr, “Sunny and Share” (5:56 from the start), in Corner Gas Animated‎, season 1, episode 12, spoken by Alison (Shannon Chan-Kent):

     “Ho-ho! Little Billy made a boom-boom.” [crowd groaning] “Go change him.” “If I leave, I lose my table. I'm going to change him right here, right next to your poutine.”

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4. (slangCategory:English slang#BOOMBOOM, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BOOMBOOM) Sexual intercourse.
   • 2008, Ralph French, Beyond the Call of Duty, Beyond the Call of Duty, →ISBN, page 31:

     Thuy pressed her body against him. "You want boom-boom?" she said.

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Adjective

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1. Resonant; producing a booming sound.
   • 2015, Kate Meader, Flirting with Fire, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 60:

     The boom-boom bass out in the truck bay wasn't quite loud enough to drown out the whoops and the hollers of the ladies.

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Interjection

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1. (BritishCategory:British English#BOOMBOOM) Used to draw attention to a pun or weak joke.

   Synonym: ba-dum chingCategory:English links with manual fragments#BOOM-BOOM

   • 2003 November 28, “Surprise Party” (00:28 from the start), in The Basil Brush Show‎, season 2, British Broadcasting Corporation:

     "If he thinks that, he should live in a loony bin." "He already does." "Ha ha ha ha ha ha boom-boom!"

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