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boombox

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈbum.bɑks/
  • UK: /ˈbuːm.bɒks/
  • CMU ARPABET: B UH1 M B AA2 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jambox, ghetto blaster

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: irrati-kasete — portable audio system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 音響 /音响 (yīnxiǎng) — portable audio system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 音箱 (yīnxiāng) — portable audio system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 揚聲器 /扬声器 (yángshēngqì) — portable audio system
  • Czech: party reproduktor — portable audio system
  • Czech: radiomagnetofon — portable audio system
  • Dutch: gettoblaster — portable audio system
  • Finnish: mankka — portable audio system
  • Finnish: boombox-soitin — portable audio system
  • French: radiocassette — portable audio system
  • French: ghettoblaster — portable audio system
  • French: boombox — portable audio system
  • German: Ghettoblaster — portable audio system
  • Hungarian: hordozható magnó/hifi (sztereó) (óriás) — portable audio system
  • Indonesian: boombox — portable audio system
  • Japanese: ラジカセ — portable audio system
  • Japanese: ラジオカセットレコーダー (rajiokasettorekōdā) — portable audio system
  • Japanese: ブーム・ボックス (būmu bokkusu) — portable audio system
  • Kazakh: магнитола (magnitola) — portable audio system
  • Polish: boombox — portable audio system
  • Polish: radiomagnetofon — portable audio system
  • Russian: бумбо́кс (bumbóks) — portable audio system
  • Spanish: radiocasetera — portable audio system
  • Spanish: boombox (búmboks) — portable audio system
  • Spanish: radiograbador — portable audio system
  • Spanish: radiorreceptor portátil — portable audio system
  • Spanish: radiocasete — portable audio system
  • Spanish: radiograbadora — portable audio system
  • Spanish: loro — portable audio system
  • Swedish: bergsprängare — portable audio system
  • Thai: บูมบอกซ์ (boom-bòk) — portable audio system
  • Ukrainian: бумбо́кс (bumbóks) — portable audio system
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