name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
boomer
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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Multicultural-London-English: /ˈbymɑ/
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/ˈbuːmə(ɹ)/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbuːmə/
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General-American: /ˈbumɚ/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈbʉːmə/
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rhymes with -uːmə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: B UW1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Something that makes a booming sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A device used to bind or tighten chain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: chain binder
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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noun
Meaning 5
A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 6
An adult male kangaroo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Appalachia
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noun
Meaning 8
A sewellel (Aplodontia rufa).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: mountain beaver, chehalis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: realtime strategy games
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noun
Meaning 10
Alternative letter-case form of Boomer (“Oklahoma settler”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, historical
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noun
Meaning 11
A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 12
A techno-optimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: doomer
noun
Meaning 13
A baby boomer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- Boomers came of age in the era of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
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noun
Meaning 14
An elderly person, regardless of generation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes
Examples
- I'm going to be a boomer by the time this thing is over.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: antiquity, codger, gadgie, gaffer, geezer, gramps, greybeard, old codger, old fart, old man, unc, whitebeard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes
Examples
- I'm such a boomer; I have no idea how to use this phone.
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noun
Meaning 16
A member of a 19th century movement which campaigned for the opening of "Unassigned Lands" within the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) for settlement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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noun
Meaning 17
Alternative letter-case form of boomer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 18
a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baby boomer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English boom Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boomer From boom + -er.
Ellipsis of baby boomer.