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bombs
We have found lemma(root) word of bombs : bomb.
Definitions
[bɒm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device
(e.g: a bomb attack)
- a lump of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano
- a large sum of money
(e.g: that silk must have cost a bomb)
- a film, play, or other event that fails badly
(e.g: that bomb of an old movie)
- an outstandingly good person or thing
(e.g: the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently)
- a long forward pass or hit in a ball game
(e.g: a two-run bomb)
- a cannabis cigarette
Phrases:
- go down a bomb
- go like a bomb
- look like a bomb's hit it
Origin
:
late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin
[bɒm], (Verb)
Definitions:
- attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs
(e.g: they bombed the city at dawn)
- move very quickly
(e.g: we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed)
- (of a film, play, or other event) fail badly
(e.g: it just became another big-budget film that bombed)
Phrases:
- go down a bomb
- go like a bomb
- look like a bomb's hit it
Origin
:
late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin
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