bomb

Meanings

Plural: bombs

Noun

an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
The atomic bomb.
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
A grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell.
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
Ellipsis of bomb ship.
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
Any explosive charge.
A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
A fart.
A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
A car in poor condition.
A large amount of money.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A success; the bomb.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A very attractive woman.
Something highly effective or attractive.
An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
Something highly effective or attractive.
An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
An obscene word identified by its first letter.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A long forward pass.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
Something highly effective or attractive.
A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
A woman’s breast.
A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.

Verb

throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- "The Americans bombed Dresden"
fail to get a passing grade
To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
To move at high speed.
To make oneself drunk.
To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
To fail dismally.
To crash.
To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).

Adj

Great, awesome.

Origin / Etymology

From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom.

Synonyms

blow up, bomb calorimeter, bombard, bombshell, cannonball, dud, fail, flunk, flush it, fortune, garryowen, lemon, packet, parachute, pretty penny, rustbucket, turkey, up and under

Antonyms

pass

Scrabble Score: 10

bomb is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bomb is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bomb is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

bomb is a valid Words With Friends word