| Bomb | |
| 1. n. (informal) The atomic bomb; the capacity to launch a nuclear attack. | |
| Pakistan and India both have the Bomb now. | |
| 2. n. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon. | |
| 3. n. (dated) The atomic bomb. | |
| During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes. | |
| 4. n. (figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect. | |
| 5. n. (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product. | |
| 6. n. (US, Australia informal) A car in poor condition. | |
| 7. n. (slang) A large amount of money, a fortune. | |
| make a bomb; cost a bomb | |
| 8. n. (social) Something highly effective or attractive. | |
| 9. n. (chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb. | |
| Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb. | |
| 10. n. (chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman; a bombshell. | |
| 11. n. (often, in combination) 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. | |
| 12. n. (American football, slang) A long forward pass. | |
| 13. n. (informal) A jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, for maximum splashing. | |
| 14. n. A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours. | |
| 15. n. (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure. | |
| 16. n. (obsolete) A great booming noise; a hollow sound. | |
| 17. n. (slang) A woman’s breast. | |
| 18. n. (wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat. | |
| 19. n. (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed. | |
| 20. n. (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body. | |
| 21. v. (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard. | |
| 22. v. (intransitive, slang) To fail dismally. | |
| 23. v. (informal) To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs. | |
| 24. v. (obsolete) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. | |
| 25. v. (slang) To cover an area in many graffiti tags. | |
| 26. v. (informal) To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly. | |
| 27. v. (slang) To make oneself drunk. | |
| 28. v. (informal, especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed. | |
| I was bombing down the road on my motorbike. | |
| 29. adj. (slang) Great, awesome. | |
| Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb! | |
