What's The Definition Of Bomb?
[n] an explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions
[n] strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
[n] an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
[v] throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
[v] fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bomb: bomb calorimeter |
bombard |
dud |
fail |
flunk |
flush it |
turkey
Related Terms | Find terms related to Bomb: A-bomb |
aerial bomb |
antimasque |
antipersonnel bomb |
astonishment |
atom-bomb |
atomic bomb |
audience success |
ballet |
batter |
be a gas |
be a hit |
bill |
blast |
blitz |
blockbuster |
blow |
blow to pieces |
blow up |
bombard |
bombshell |
broadcast drama |
burlesque show |
bust |
cannonade |
carcass |
catch |
charade |
cliff hanger |
closet drama |
comedy drama |
concussion grenade |
crap out |
critical success |
daytime serial |
depth bomb |
depth charge |
dialogue |
dive-bomb |
documentary drama |
drama |
dramalogue |
dramatic play |
dramatic series |
dramatize |
draw a blank |
drop a bomb |
drop the ball |
dud |
dull thud |
duodrama |
duologue |
earthshaker |
epic theater |
experimental theater |
explosive |
extravaganza |
eye-opener |
fail |
failure |
fall flat |
fan |
feature |
fire bomb |
fireball |
fizzle |
flat failure |
flop |
floperoo |
flummox |
fold |
fold up |
frost |
fusion bomb |
gas grenade |
gasser |
get left |
giveaway |
glide-bomb |
Grand Guignol |
grenade |
hand grenade |
happening |
H-bomb |
headline |
hit |
hit show |
hydrobomb |
hydrogen bomb |
improvisational drama |
incendiary |
incendiary bomb |
incendiary grenade |
infernal machine |
joker |
kicker |
lay an egg |
legitimate drama |
lemon |
lose out |
loser |
make a hit |
masque |
melodrama |
melodramatize |
mine |
minstrel show |
miracle |
miracle play |
monodrama |
monologue |
morality |
morality play |
mount |
music drama |
musical revue |
mystery |
mystery play |
not hack it |
not make it |
open |
open a show |
opera |
pageant |
panel show |
pantomime |
Passion play |
pastoral |
pastoral drama |
peripeteia |
petard |
piece |
pipe bomb |
play |
playlet |
plutonium bomb |
premiere |
present |
preview |
problem play |
produce |
psychodrama |
put on |
quiz show |
radio drama |
razon bomb |
revelation |
review |
revue |
robot bomb |
roc |
rocket bomb |
satchel charge |
scenarize |
sensational play |
serial |
set the stage |
shell |
shocker |
show |
sitcom |
situation comedy |
sketch |
skip-bomb |
skit |
smoke bomb |
soap |
soap opera |
sociodrama |
spectacle |
spring |
stage |
stage play |
stage show |
staggerer |
star |
startler |
stench bomb |
stink bomb |
straight drama |
strike out |
succeed |
success |
surprisal |
surprise |
surprise ending |
surprise package |
surprise party |
suspense drama |
switch |
tableau |
tableau vivant |
take the count |
talk show |
tear-gas bomb |
tear-gas grenade |
teleplay |
television drama |
television play |
theater of cruelty |
theatricalize |
thermonuclear bomb |
thunderbolt |
thunderclap |
time bomb |
Tom show |
total loss |
total theater |
try out |
turkey |
variety show |
vaudeville |
vaudeville show |
vehicle |
wall grenade |
washout |
wear thin |
whiff |
word-of-mouth success |
work
See Also | antipersonnel bomb |
assail |
atom-bomb |
atomise |
atomize |
attack |
blast |
blockbuster |
bomb out |
bombshell |
bust |
calorimeter |
car bomb |
cluster bomb |
cruise missile |
depth bomb |
depth charge |
dive-bomb |
explosive device |
firebomb |
firebomb |
flop |
fragmentation bomb |
gas bomb |
gas shell |
gasoline bomb |
glide-bomb |
grenade |
hydrogen-bomb |
incendiary |
incendiary bomb |
infernal machine |
letter-bomb |
Molotov cocktail |
nuke |
pattern-bomb |
petrol bomb |
pipe bomb |
plastic bomb |
shell |
skip-bomb |
smoke bomb |
smoke grenade |
stench bomb |
stink bomb |
strafe |
time bomb |
zap
Bomb In Webster's Dictionary
\Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or
buzzing noise, Gr. ?.]
1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]
A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck,
would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber
beneath. --Bacon.
2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired
from mortars. See {Shell}.
3. A bomb ketch.
{Bomb chest} (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with
gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by
its explosion.
{Bomb ketch}, {Bomb vessel} (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel,
very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be
used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar
vessel}.
{Bomb lance}, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used
in whale fishing.
{Volcanic bomb}, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.
``I noticed volcanic bombs.'' --Darwin.
\Bomb\, v. t.
To bombard. [Obs.] --Prior.
\Bomb\, v. i. [Cf. {Boom}.]
To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
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