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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'Bomb' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions Bomb noun  (informal) The atomic bomb; the capacity to launch a nuclear attack. Often used with "the". Pakistan and India both have the now.       bomb noun  A device filled with explosives used for destroying things. (slang): A failure; an unpopular commercial product. ''That movie was a . (AU, US, colloquial, vehicles) A car in poor condition. Used often as old bomb. 2005 August 6, Warm affection for a rust-bucket past, w:Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/words/warm-affection-for-a-rustbucket-past/2005/08/04/1123125839592.html : "Nowadays, an old simply won"t pass the inspection." (chiefly, British, slang) A success; the bomb. Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a . (chiefly, British, slang) A very attractive woman. (American football) A long forward pass. Translations:  Dutch: bom(nl)f French: bombe(fr)f German: Bombe(de)f Italian: bomba(it)f Spanish: bomba(es)f verb  (transitive) To attack something by using one or more bombs; to bombard. (slang) To fail spectacularly. Despite all the marketing, our product bombed. Nobody would buy it. Dunce cap bombed his examination yet again. Translations:  Dutch: bombarderen(nl) French: bombarder(fr) German: bombardieren(de) Italian: bombardare(it) Spanish: bombardear(es), bombear(es) Etymology: From Ancient Greek (bombos) "booming, humming, buzzing" (imitative of the sound itself), also from Latin bombus meaning: a booming sound.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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