Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Used to suggest the sound of an explosion. · Used to suggest something happening suddenly or unexpectedly; voilà. · The sound of a bass drum beating. · The sound of a cannon firing.
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. · To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder. · To flourish, grow, or progress. · To make (something) boom.
Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”). The sense "a period of economic growth" is generally taken to derive from the sense "a rapid expansion", although other origins have also been suggested.
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