• Foom

    Full definition of foom

    Interjection

    1. The sound of a muffled explosion.
      • 1983, Richard Bach, BiplaneAnd FOOM-FOOM! the two engines burst together into life...
      • 2000, James Bradley, Ron Powers, Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo JimaThose flat-trajectory shells would skim straight in, making a roaring sound in the dark: Foom! Foom! Foom!
      • 2007, Warren Murphy, James Mullaney, The New Destroyer: Guardian AngelA soft, distant foom. The lights blinked, then faded. Foom-foom-foom! Explosions, one after another, rocked the tunnel.

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