bomboman.¹

Forms: Also bomma, aboma.

Etymology: < an African language.

The name in Congo, West Africa, of ‘a huge non-poisonous snake swallowing deer, etc.’ (see Merolla, Vocab.; Proyart; Cavazzi Congo, Matamba, & Angola; Magyar Süd-Afrika). Apparently carried by the Portuguese from Congo to Brazil (Roquete has bom bôma ‘serpent d'Angola et du Brésil’), and there applied to the largest boas, in which sense it appears in some English works. (The history has been traced for us by Dr. E. B. Tylor.)

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1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. and in other recent Dicts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

bomn.²

/bɒm/

Etymology: Of imitative origin.

The sound caused by the discharge of a gun, less deep and sonorous than a ‘boom’. Also, the sound of a heavy object falling.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > of guns or shells

flash in the pan1566

bark1871

phut1874

prut1898

pip-pop1902

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crump1914

crumping1919

poop1919

cough1928

1906 Westm. Gaz. 11 June 8/2 A faint distant Bom! and everybody murmurs with one accord, ‘First Gun!’

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 95 Bom! Upset. A coffin bumped out on to the road.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

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释义	bomboman.¹ Forms: Also bomma, aboma. Etymology: < an African language. The name in Congo, West Africa, of ‘a huge non-poisonous snake swallowing deer, etc.’ (see Merolla, Vocab.; Proyart; Cavazzi Congo, Matamba, & Angola; Magyar Süd-Afrika). Apparently carried by the Portuguese from Congo to Brazil (Roquete has bom bôma ‘serpent d'Angola et du Brésil’), and there applied to the largest boas, in which sense it appears in some English works. (The history has been traced for us by Dr. E. B. Tylor.) ΚΠ 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. and in other recent Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). bomn.² /bɒm/ Etymology: Of imitative origin. The sound caused by the discharge of a gun, less deep and sonorous than a ‘boom’. Also, the sound of a heavy object falling. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > of guns or shells flash in the pan1566 bark1871 phut1874 prut1898 pip-pop1902 bom1906 crump1914 crumping1919 poop1919 cough1928 1906 Westm. Gaz. 11 June 8/2 A faint distant Bom! and everybody murmurs with one accord, ‘First Gun!’ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 95 Bom! Upset. A coffin bumped out on to the road. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.¹1864n.²1906
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