Bomb

Etymology
From bombe:, from  bomba:, from  bombus:, from  βόμβος:, imitative of the sound itself.

Noun

 * 1) An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
 * 2)  A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
 * ''That movie was a bomb.
 * 1)  A car in poor condition.
 * 2)  A success; the bomb.
 * Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.
 * 1)  A very attractive woman; a bombshell.
 * 2)  An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
 * It was an ordinary speech, until the president dropped a bomb: he would be retiring for medical reasons.
 * Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi.
 * 1)  The atomic bomb.
 * During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes.
 * 1)  A long forward pass.
 * 2)  A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
 * The titanium tetrachloride is then reduced with sodium to form pure metallic titanium (99.9%) by heating TiCl4 with Na in a steel bomb at 700–800 °C in the Hunter process.
 * 1)  A jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
 * 1)  A jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.

Synonyms

 * bombshell
 * rustbucket

Derived terms

 * A-bomb
 * atom bomb
 * atomic bomb
 * bomb squad
 * car bomb
 * dirty bomb


 * E-bomb
 * F-bomb
 * gay bomb
 * H-bomb
 * hydrogen bomb
 * neutron bomb


 * paper bomb
 * petrol bomb
 * pipe bomb
 * sex bomb

Verb

 * 1)  To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
 * 2)  To fail dismally.
 * Despite all the marketing, our product bombed. Nobody would buy it.
 * 1)  To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.

Derived terms

 * bomber
 * bomb out