adj
Meaning 1
Great, awesome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
- Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bomb
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /bɒm/
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US: /bɑm/
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obsolete: /bʌm/
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Australian: /bɔm/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɒm
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homophone: balm (father-bother merger)
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homophone: BOM
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: B AO1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
The atomic bomb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, often
Examples
- During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
A grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bombshell
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
Ellipsis of bomb ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, ellipsis, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
Alternative form of boom (“barrier used to obstruct navigation for military or other purposes”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, archaic, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Any explosive charge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Examples
- The mineworkers are setting their bombs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
Examples
- The children are playing with water bombs in the garden.
- Activists threw paint bombs at the famous artwork.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, figuratively
Examples
- That turkey fryer is a bomb waiting to go off.
- The gas leak tragically turned the house into a bomb.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A fart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, South, colloquial
Examples
- He just dropped a bomb.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
- box-office bomb
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A car in poor condition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, US, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lemon, rustbucket
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
A large amount of money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK, slang
Examples
- make a bomb
- cost a bomb
- 2011, Bibe, A Victim, page 38, He had recently exchanged his old bike for a new, three speed racer, which cost a bomb and the weekly payment were becoming difficult, with the dangers of repossession.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fortune, packet, pretty penny
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
Something highly effective or attractive.
A success; the bomb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
Examples
- Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
Something highly effective or attractive.
A very attractive woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, UK, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bombshell
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
Something highly effective or attractive.
An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, often
Examples
- It was an ordinary speech, until the president dropped a bomb: he would be retiring for medical reasons.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bombshell
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
Something highly effective or attractive.
An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
An obscene word identified by its first letter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, often
Examples
- Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bombshell
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 19
Something highly effective or attractive.
A long forward pass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 20
Something highly effective or attractive.
A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, soccer, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: garryowen, up and under
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 21
Something highly effective or attractive.
A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 22
Something highly effective or attractive.
A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 23
Something highly effective or attractive.
A piece of food, often small, usually intensely flavored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 24
A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 25
A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 26
A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 27
A woman’s breast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, slang, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 28
A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 29
A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 30
An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cannonball
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 31
The atomic bomb; the capacity to launch a nuclear attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- Pakistan and India both have the Bomb now.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
phrase
Meaning 32
Initialism of bottom of the motherfucking barrel (indicating that something or someone is egregiously unfavorable).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism, offensive, slang, vulgar
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 33
To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- 2000, Canadian Peace Research Institute, Canadian Peace Research and Education Association, Peace Research, Volumes 32-33, page 65, 15 May: US jets bombed air-defence sites north of Mosul, as the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the US and Britain of intentionally bombing civilian targets. (AP)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 34
To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive, often, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 35
To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 36
To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 37
To move at high speed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, informal
Qualifier: down; up etc.; down; up etc.
Examples
- I was bombing down the road on my motorbike.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 38
To make oneself drunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: reflexive, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 39
To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 40
To fail dismally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, slang
Examples
- I totally bombed that exam.
- 2000, Carmen Infantino, Jon B. Cooke (interviewer), The Carmen Infantino Interview, in Jon B. Cooke, Neal Adams, Comic Book Artist Collection, page 12, Carmen: [...] Then it bombed and it bombed badly. After a few more issues I asked Mike what was happening and he said, “I′m trying everything I can but it′s just not working.” So I took him off the book and he left. That was it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 41
To crash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 42
To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blow up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 43
To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 44
Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parachute
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 45
an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: explosive device, weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition
Narrower terms: atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb, balloon bomb, Fugo, bomblet, cluster bomblet, bombshell, briefcase bomb, car bomb, chemical bomb, gas bomb, cluster bomb, cruise missile, depth charge, depth bomb, dumb bomb, gravity bomb, fragmentation bomb, antipersonnel bomb, anti-personnel bomb, daisy cutter, gas shell, general-purpose bomb, GP bomb, grenade, hydrogen bomb, H-bomb, fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb, incendiary bomb, incendiary, firebomb, letter bomb, parcel bomb, package bomb, megaton bomb, microwave bomb, E-bomb, penetration bomb, pipe bomb, plastic bomb, remote-control bomb, smart bomb, smoke bomb, smoke grenade, stink bomb, stench bomb, thermobaric bomb, fuel-air bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb, aerosol bomb, time bomb, infernal machine
noun
Meaning 46
strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bomb calorimeter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: calorimeter
noun
Meaning 47
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the first experiment was a real turkey
- the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turkey, dud
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flop, bust, fizzle
verb
Meaning 48
throw bombs at or attack with bombs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The Americans bombed Dresden
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bombard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attack, assail
Narrower terms: carpet bomb, bomb out, dive-bomb, glide-bomb, skip-bomb, atom-bomb, nuke, hydrogen-bomb, pattern-bomb, atomize, atomise, zap, letter bomb, firebomb, blast, shell
verb
Meaning 49
fail to get a passing grade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She studied hard but failed nevertheless
- Did I fail the test?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fail, flunk, flush it
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom.
Across languages
Translations
264 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: bom — device filled with explosives
- Albanian: bombë — device filled with explosives
- Amharic: ቦምብ (bomb) — device filled with explosives
- Arabic: قُنْبُلَة (qunbula) — device filled with explosives
- Arabic: قُنْبُلة (gunbula) — device filled with explosives
- Armenian: ռումբ (ṙumb) — device filled with explosives
- Azerbaijani: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Basque: bonba — device filled with explosives
- Belarusian: бо́мба (bómba) — device filled with explosives
- Bengali: বোমা (bōma) — device filled with explosives
- Breton: bomb — device filled with explosives
- Bulgarian: бо́мба (bómba) — device filled with explosives
- Burmese: ဗုံး (bum:) — device filled with explosives
- Burmese: မိုင်း (muing:) — device filled with explosives
- Catalan: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Catalan: explosiu — device filled with explosives
- Chechen: бомба (bomba) — device filled with explosives
- Cherokee: ᏗᎵᏍᏓᏲᎯᎯ (dilisdayohihi) — device filled with explosives
- Chinese Cantonese: 炸彈 /炸弹 — device filled with explosives
- Chinese: задан (zadan) — device filled with explosives
- Gan Chinese: 炸彈 /炸弹 — device filled with explosives
- Chinese: 炸彈 /炸弹 (zh-min-nan) — device filled with explosives
- Chinese Mandarin: 炸彈 /炸弹 (zhàdàn) — device filled with explosives
- Wu Chinese: 炸彈 /炸弹 (5tso-de) — device filled with explosives
- Czech: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Danish: bombe — device filled with explosives
- Dutch: bom — device filled with explosives
- Esperanto: bombo — device filled with explosives
- Estonian: pomm — device filled with explosives
- Faroese: bumba — device filled with explosives
- Finnish: pommi — device filled with explosives
- French: bombe — device filled with explosives
- French: explosif — device filled with explosives
- French: obus — device filled with explosives
- West-Frisian: bom — device filled with explosives
- Galician: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Georgian: ბომბი (bombi) — device filled with explosives
- German: Bombe — device filled with explosives
- German: Sprengstoff — device filled with explosives
- Greek: βόμβα (vómva) — device filled with explosives
- Gujarati: બૉમ્બ (bŏmb) — device filled with explosives
- Hawaiian: pōkā pahū — device filled with explosives
- Hebrew: פְּצָצָה (p'tsatsá) — device filled with explosives
- Hindi: बम (bam) — device filled with explosives
- Hindi: गोला (golā) — device filled with explosives
- Hungarian: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Hungarian: pokolgép — device filled with explosives
- Icelandic: sprengja — device filled with explosives
- Icelandic: holkúla — device filled with explosives
- Ido: bombo — device filled with explosives
- Indonesian: bom — device filled with explosives
- Ingrian: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Interlingua: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Irish: buama — device filled with explosives
- Italian: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Italian: esplosivo — device filled with explosives
- Italian: ordigno — device filled with explosives
- Japanese: 爆弾 (bakudan) — device filled with explosives
- Japanese: ボム (bomu) — device filled with explosives
- Japanese: 爆ぜ弾 (hazedama) — device filled with explosives
- Kannada: ಸಿಡಿಗುಂಡು (siḍiguṇḍu) — device filled with explosives
- Kazakh: бомба (bomba) — device filled with explosives
- Khmer: គ្រាប់បែក (krŏəp baek) — device filled with explosives
- Korean: 폭탄 (poktan) — device filled with explosives
- Korean: 봄 (bom) — device filled with explosives
- Central Kurdish: بۆمبا (bomba) — device filled with explosives
- Northern Kurdish: bombe — device filled with explosives
- Kyrgyz: бомба (bomba) — device filled with explosives
- Lao: ບົມ (bom) — device filled with explosives
- Lao: ໂບມ (bōm) — device filled with explosives
- Latin: pyrobolus — device filled with explosives
- Latin: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Latvian: bumba — device filled with explosives
- Lithuanian: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Luxembourgish: Bomm — device filled with explosives
- Macedonian: бомба (bomba) — device filled with explosives
- Malay: bom — device filled with explosives
- Maltese: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Manx: bleaystan — device filled with explosives
- Marathi: ध्वम (dhvam) — device filled with explosives
- Marathi: बॉम्ब (bŏmba) — device filled with explosives
- Marshallese: baam̧ — device filled with explosives
- Marshallese: bo̧kutan̄ — device filled with explosives
- Mongolian: бөмбөг (bömbög) — device filled with explosives
- Norman: bombe — device filled with explosives
- Norwegian Bokmål: bombe — device filled with explosives
- Occitan: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Pashto: بم (bam) — device filled with explosives
- Dari: بَم (bam) — device filled with explosives
- Iranian Persian: بُمْب (bomb) — device filled with explosives
- Pohnpeian: pwoahmw — device filled with explosives
- Polish: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Portuguese: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Portuguese: explosivo — device filled with explosives
- Portuguese: coisa explosiva — device filled with explosives
- Romanian: bombă — device filled with explosives
- Russian: бо́мба (bómba) — device filled with explosives
- Savosavo: bomu — device filled with explosives
- Scottish Gaelic: boma — device filled with explosives
- Serbo-Croatian: бо̑мба — device filled with explosives
- Serbo-Croatian: bȏmba — device filled with explosives
- Sicilian: bumma — device filled with explosives
- Sinhalese: බෝම්බය (bōmbaya) — device filled with explosives
- Slovak: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Slovene: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Southern Altai: бомба (bomba) — device filled with explosives
- Spanish: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Spanish: explosivo — device filled with explosives
- Swahili: bomu — device filled with explosives
- Swedish: bomb — device filled with explosives
- Tagalog: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Tajik: бомба (bomba) — device filled with explosives
- Tamil: வெடிகுண்டு (veṭikuṇṭu) — device filled with explosives
- Tamil: குண்டு (kuṇṭu) — device filled with explosives
- Thai: ระเบิด (rá-bə̀ət) — device filled with explosives
- Thai: บอมบ์ (bɔm) — device filled with explosives
- Tibetan: འབོམ ('bom) — device filled with explosives
- Tigrinya: ቦምባ (bomba) — device filled with explosives
- Turkish: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Turkmen: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Ukrainian: бо́мба (bómba) — device filled with explosives
- Urdu: بَم (bam) — device filled with explosives
- Urdu: گولا (golā) — device filled with explosives
- Urdu: گولَہ (gola) — device filled with explosives
- Uyghur: بومبا (bomba) — device filled with explosives
- Uzbek: bomba — device filled with explosives
- Vietnamese: bom — device filled with explosives
- Volapük: boum — device filled with explosives
- Welsh: bom — device filled with explosives
- Yiddish: באָמבע (bombe) — device filled with explosives
- Yoruba: bọ́m̀bù — device filled with explosives
- Yoruba: àdó olóró — device filled with explosives
- Zhuang: cadan — device filled with explosives
- Dutch: flop — unpopular commercial product
- Swahili: bomu — unpopular commercial product
- Catalan: tartana — car in poor condition
- Dutch: wrak — car in poor condition
- Hungarian: tragacs — car in poor condition
- Hungarian: csotrogány — car in poor condition
- Hungarian: ócskavas — car in poor condition
- Maltese: karakka — car in poor condition
- Russian: развалю́ха (razvaljúxa) — car in poor condition
- Swahili: bomu — car in poor condition
- Catalan: monument — very attractive woman
- Dutch: vlam — very attractive woman
- French: bombe — very attractive woman
- French: bombe sexuelle — very attractive woman
- Greek: σεξοβόμβα (sexovómva) — very attractive woman
- Italian: bomba — very attractive woman
- Maltese: bomba — very attractive woman
- Russian: красо́тка (krasótka) — very attractive woman
- Russian: секс-бо́мба (sɛks-bómba) — very attractive woman
- Slovene: bomba — very attractive woman
- German: Bombe — chemistry: container
- Japanese: ボンベ (bonbe) — chemistry: container
- Russian: сосу́д высо́кого давле́ния (sosúd vysókovo davlénija) — chemistry: container
- Russian: автокла́в (avtokláv) — chemistry: container
- French: bombe — a jump into water for maximum splashing
- German: Arschbombe — a jump into water for maximum splashing
- Russian: бо́мбочка (bómbočka) — a jump into water for maximum splashing
- Albanian: bombardoj — attack with bombs
- Arabic: قَنْبَلَ (qanbala) — attack with bombs
- Arabic: فرقع (farʔaʕ) — attack with bombs
- Arabic: فجر (faggar) — attack with bombs
- Armenian: ռմբակոծել (ṙmbakocel) — attack with bombs
- Azerbaijani: bombalamaq — attack with bombs
- Belarusian: бамбі́ць (bambícʹ) — attack with bombs
- Belarusian: разбамбі́ць (razbambícʹ) — attack with bombs
- Belarusian: бамбардава́ць (bambardavácʹ) — attack with bombs
- Belarusian: бамбардзі́раваць (bambardzíravacʹ) — attack with bombs
- Belarusian: абстрэ́льваць (abstrélʹvacʹ) — attack with bombs
- Belarusian: абстраля́ць (abstraljácʹ) — attack with bombs
- Bulgarian: бомбарди́рам (bombardíram) — attack with bombs
- Catalan: bombardejar — attack with bombs
- Chinese Mandarin: 轟炸 /轰炸 (hōngzhà) — attack with bombs
- Chinese Mandarin: 炮擊 /炮击 (pàojī) — attack with bombs
- Chinese Mandarin: 轟擊 /轰击 (hōngjī) — attack with bombs
- Czech: bombardovat — attack with bombs
- Czech: vybombardovat — attack with bombs
- Danish: bombe — attack with bombs
- Dutch: bombarderen — attack with bombs
- Esperanto: bombi — attack with bombs
- Esperanto: bombardi — attack with bombs
- Estonian: pommitama — attack with bombs
- Finnish: pommittaa — attack with bombs
- French: bombarder — attack with bombs
- French: pilonner — attack with bombs
- Galician: bombardear — attack with bombs
- Galician: bombear — attack with bombs
- Georgian: ყუმბარების დაშენა (q̇umbarebis dašena) — attack with bombs
- Georgian: დაბომბვა (dabombva) — attack with bombs
- German: bombardieren — attack with bombs
- Greek: βομβαρδίζω (vomvardízo) — attack with bombs
- Hebrew: פּוֹצֵץ (potséts) — attack with bombs
- Hebrew: הפציץ (hiftsíts) — attack with bombs
- Hindi: बमबारी करना (bambārī karnā) — attack with bombs
- Hungarian: bombáz — attack with bombs
- Hungarian: ágyúz — attack with bombs
- Ido: bombardar — attack with bombs
- Indonesian: membomi — attack with bombs
- Ingrian: bombittaa — attack with bombs
- Interlingua: bombardar — attack with bombs
- Interlingua: bombar — attack with bombs
- Irish: buamáil — attack with bombs
- Italian: bombardare — attack with bombs
- Japanese: 爆撃する (bakugeki suru) — attack with bombs
- Japanese: 砲撃する (hōgeki suru) — attack with bombs
- Korean: 폭격(爆擊)하다 (pokgyeokhada) — attack with bombs
- Korean: 포격(砲擊)하다 (pogyeokhada) — attack with bombs
- Latin: urbem tormentis verberare — attack with bombs
- Latin: bombardare — attack with bombs
- Latvian: bombardēt — attack with bombs
- Lithuanian: bombarduoti — attack with bombs
- Macedonian: бомбарди́ра (bombardíra) — attack with bombs
- Marshallese: baam̧ — attack with bombs
- Marshallese: bo̧kutan̄ — attack with bombs
- Norman: bomber — attack with bombs
- Norwegian Bokmål: bombe — attack with bombs
- Pannonian Rusyn: бомбардовац (bombardovac) — attack with bombs
- Pannonian Rusyn: забомбардовац (zabombardovac) — attack with bombs
- Persian: بمباران کردن (bombârân kardan) — attack with bombs
- Polish: bombardować — attack with bombs
- Polish: zbombardować — attack with bombs
- Polish: ostrzeliwać — attack with bombs
- Polish: ostrzelać — attack with bombs
- Portuguese: bombardear — attack with bombs
- Portuguese: bombear — attack with bombs
- Romanian: a bombarda — attack with bombs
- Russian: бомби́ть (bombítʹ) — attack with bombs
- Russian: разбомби́ть (razbombítʹ) — attack with bombs
- Russian: бомбардирова́ть (bombardirovátʹ) — attack with bombs
- Russian: обстре́ливать (obstrélivatʹ) — attack with bombs
- Russian: обстреля́ть (obstreljátʹ) — attack with bombs
- Serbo-Croatian: бомбарди́рати — attack with bombs
- Serbo-Croatian: бомбардовати — attack with bombs
- Serbo-Croatian: bombardírati — attack with bombs
- Serbo-Croatian: bombardovati — attack with bombs
- Slovak: bombardovať — attack with bombs
- Slovak: vybombardovať — attack with bombs
- Slovene: bombardirati — attack with bombs
- Spanish: bombardear — attack with bombs
- Spanish: bombear — attack with bombs
- Swedish: bombardera — attack with bombs
- Swedish: bomba — attack with bombs
- Thai: ระเบิด (rá-bə̀ət) — attack with bombs
- Turkish: bombalamak — attack with bombs
- Ukrainian: бомбардува́ти (bombarduváty) — attack with bombs
- Ukrainian: бомби́ти (bombýty) — attack with bombs
- Ukrainian: розбомби́ти (rozbombýty) — attack with bombs
- Ukrainian: обстрі́лювати (obstríljuvaty) — attack with bombs
- Ukrainian: обстріля́ти (obstriljáty) — attack with bombs
- Vietnamese: ném bom — attack with bombs
- Volapük: boumön — attack with bombs
- Yakut: бомбалаа (bombalaa) — attack with bombs
- Yoruba: ju bọ́ǹbù — attack with bombs
- Yoruba: ju àdó olóró — attack with bombs
- Bulgarian: излагам се на (izlagam se na) — fail spectacularly
- Bulgarian: изложа се на (izloža se na) — fail spectacularly
- Czech: vybouchnout — fail spectacularly
- Dutch: afgaan — fail spectacularly
- French: se planter — fail spectacularly
- French: se ramasser — fail spectacularly
- German: eine Arschbombe machen — to jump into water in a squatting position
- Spanish: hacer la bomba — to jump into water in a squatting position