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'''Boom''' may refer to:
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===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"]]
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