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boom: any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring; a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set; a deep prolonged loud noise; a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"; a state of economic prosperity; grow stronger; "The economy was booming"; make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song"; make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

mast collapse: a vertical spar for supporting sails; any sturdy upright pole; nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine; nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; used especially as food for swine

spar collapse: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer; a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging; any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable; fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"; box lightly; fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"; furnish with spars

purr collapse: a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat; indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats

pinch bar collapse: a lever with a pointed projection that serves as a fulcrum; used to roll heavy wheels

kinescope collapse: a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

business cycle collapse: recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline

treadle collapse: operate (machinery) by a treadle; tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones"

whir collapse: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers"

deafen collapse: make soundproof; "deafen a room"; make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"; be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"

burg collapse: colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"

municipality collapse: people living in a town or city having local self-government; an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

rafter collapse: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof; provide (a ceiling) with rafters

reverberate collapse: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore"; be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"; have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"

beak collapse: horny projecting mouth of a bird; beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles); informal terms for the nose

accrue collapse: grow by addition; "The interest accrues"; come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"

retake collapse: a shot or scene that is photographed again; photograph again; "Please retake that scene"

zing collapse: a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of the passing bullet"

roadblock collapse: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

proliferate collapse: cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"; grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

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