Boom may refer to:

• A sound such as a sonic boom.
• An onomatopoeia for the sound of an explosion.
• A mechanical arm for holding equipment, such as a microphone.
• Boom operator (media), an assistant to the production sound mixer.
• Boom (sailing), spar at the foot of a sail on a sail boat.
• Boom is the name of a spar used on a Crane (machine).
• Boom (windsurfing), a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
• A floating barrier, usually a chain supported by interspersed buoyant elements, for blocking a waterway, such as a narrow harbour entrance or a river.
• A word invented by William Shakespeare.
• Boom (source port), a source port of the computer game Doom.
• Economic boom, time of rapid growth in wealth, as in a boom town.
• Boom, Antwerp, a municipality in Belgium.
• BOOMTV, a proposed Canadian premium television service.
• Boom (film) (1968), directed by Joseph Losey.
• Boom (2003 film), a Bollywood film directed by Kaizad Gustad.
• Boom, a song, by Christian rock group P.O.D.
• Boom!, a song recorded by System of a Down.
• A slang for the drug crystal methamphetamine. Usually refers to the process of freebasing the crystalline substance.

See also

• Boom Boom
• Boom Boom Boom
• Boom Boom Boom Boom

Dutch loanwords

Boom | Boom