Boom 156071 224704317 2008-07-10T01:18:10Z Numbo3-bot 7118326 robot Adding: [[eo:Bumo]] '''Boom''' may refer to: {{Wiktionarypar|boom}} {{TOCright}} ===Sound=== * A sound such as a [[sonic boom]] * [[Onomatopoeia]] for the sound of an [[explosion]] ===Pole or spar application=== * [[Boom (sailing)]], spar at the foot of a sail on a sailboat * [[Boom (windsurfing)]], a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment * [[Boom (barrier)]], a floating [[separation barrier]], usually a chain supported by interspersed buoyant elements, for blocking a waterway * [[Log boom]], a barrier placed in a river, designed to collect and/or contain floating logs timbered from nearby forests * A mechanical arm for holding equipment, such as mounts for theater lights or a [[microphone stand]] * [[Boom operator (media)]], an assistant to the production sound mixer * Boom, the name of a spar used on a [[Crane (machine)|crane]] ===Media=== * A [[Boom operator (media)|Boom microphone]], used in recording sound ====Television and films==== * [[BOOMTV]], a proposed Canadian premium television service * [[Boom! (1968 film)|''Boom!'' (1968 film)]], directed by Joseph Losey and based on ''The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore'' by Tennessee Williams * [[Boom (2003 film)|''Boom'' (2003 film)]], a Bollywood film directed by Kaizad Gustad * [[Space Patrol Delta#Boom|Boom]], a character from ''Power Rangers: S.P.D.'' * [[Boom (CSI)|"Boom" (''CSI'')]], a first-season episode of ''C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation'' * [[Boom! (TV series)|''Boom!'' (TV series)]], an American reality television series ====Music==== * [[Boom! (song)|"Boom!" (song)]], a song by System of a Down * [[Boom (song)|"Boom" (song)]], a song by Anastasia * [[Boom (Mario song)|"Boom" (Mario song)]], a song by Mario and Juvenile * [[Boom (P.O.D. song)|"Boom" (P.O.D. song)]], a song by P.O.D. * "Boom", a song by [[Flight of the Conchords]] * [[Boom Festival]], an electronic music festival ====Literature==== * [[Latin American Boom]], a major current in Latin American literature in the second half of the 20th century * ''[[Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today]]'', a book by [[Tom Brokaw]] ===Sports and games=== * [[Boom (game)]], an Australian game of [[soccer]] in which tackling is allowed * [[Boom (source port)]], a source port of the computer game ''Doom'' * ''BOOM'', a clone of ''[[Bomberman]]'' with ''Doom''-inspired characters * "[[John Madden (American football)#Style|Boom!]]", a word often used by National Football League commentator John Madden ===Geography=== * [[Boom, Antwerp]], a municipality in Belgium * [[Boom Gorge]], a gorge on the [[Chu River]] in Kyrgyzstan ===Other=== * [[Economic boom]], time of rapid growth in wealth, as in a boom town * [[Methamphetamine]], as a slang term for the drug ** Usually refers to the process of [[Freebase (chemistry)|freebasing]] the crystalline substance. * [[Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard]], as a nickname * [[Boom operator (military)]], a controller of in-flight refueling ==See also== * [[Bang (disambiguation)]] * [[Boom Boom (disambiguation)]] * [[Boom Boom Boom|"Boom Boom Boom"]] * [[Boom Boom Boom Boom|"Boom Boom Boom Boom"]] {{disambig-cleanup}} [[Category:Dutch loanwords]] [[category:onomatopoeias]] [[de:Boom]] [[eo:Bumo]] [[fr:Boum]] [[it:Boom]] [[nl:Boom]] [[simple:Boom]] [[th:บูม]]