Boom

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Boom may refer to:

Objects

  • Boom (containment), a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill
  • Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle used to control or block marine navigation
  • Boom (sailing), a sailboat part
  • Boom (windsurfing), a piece of windsurfing equipment
  • Boom (ship), a type of Arab sailing vessel
  • Log boom, a barrier placed in a river
  • Boom, the lifting part of a crane
  • Boom microphone
  • Boom, the rear fuselage of an aircraft, as in twin boom
  • Boom, short for boomerang
  • Boom barrier, used to block vehicular or pedestrian access

Arts and entertainment

Music

Performers

  • Boom! (group), a pop band founded by Hear'Say member Johnny Shentall
  • The Boom, a Japanese rock band
  • Boom Gaspar (born 1953), piano/keyboard/organ player for the band Pearl Jam
  • Boom, a member of the animated girl group VBirds

Albums

  • Boom (The Sonics album), 1966
  • Boom (Mario Pavone album), 2004
  • Boom (Garmonbozia album)
  • Boom, a 2006 album by The Fuzztones

Songs

  • "Boom" (Anastacia song), the official song for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
  • "Boom" (Mario song), a 2005 R&B single featuring Juvenile
  • "Boom" (P.O.D. song), 2002
  • "Boom" (Royce da 5'9" song)
  • "Boom" (Snoop Dogg song), 2011
  • "Boom" (T-Pain song), 2008, with Filip Filippi, better known as Sin Sizzerb
  • "Boom" (X Ambassadors song), 2019
  • "Boom", a song by Anjulie, 2008
  • "Boom", a song by the Bloodhound Gang from One Fierce Beer Coaster (1996)
  • "Boom", a song by Flight of the Conchords from the 2007 episode "Bret Gives Up the Dream"
  • "Boom!", a song by Lil Yachty featuring Ugly God from the 2018 album Lil Boat 2
  • "Boom", a 2008 song by gospel R&B duo Mary Mary from the album The Sound
  • "Boom", a song by Soulfly on the album Primitive
  • "Boom!", a song by System of a Down from their 2002 album Steal This Album!
  • "Boom!", a song by Simple Plan from their 2016 album Taking One for the Team
  • "Boom", a song by YoungBoy Never Broke Again from his 2020 album Top

Festivals

  • Boom Festival, an electronic music festival in Portugal
  • BOOM Festival, a former Yugoslav music festival

Films

  • Boom! (film), a 1968 British drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Noël Coward
  • Boom (film), a 2003 Bollywood comedy
  • Il Boom, a 1963 film by Italian director Vittorio de Sica

Television

  • Boom! (TV series), a 2005 American reality series
  • Boom! (game show), an American game show with a time bomb theme
  • Boom, the original title of the U.S. TV series Blood & Oil
  • "Boom" (CSI), an episode of the TV series C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation
  • "Boom!" (Castle), a television episode
  • "BOOM" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a television episode
  • Boom (Power Rangers), a character from the American TV series Power Rangers: S.P.D.
  • "Boom" (Doctor Who), an episode of the fourteenth series of Doctor Who

Other

  • Boom! Studios, an American comics publisher
  • Boom! (novel), a 2009 children's science fiction novel by Mark Haddon
  • Boom (play), by Peter Sinn Nachtreib
  • Boom (source port), a source port of the computer game Doom

Places

Media

  • BOOMTV, a proposed Canadian premium TV service
  • Boom TV (Romania), a satellite TV company
  • Boom TV (Macedonia), a digital TV provider
  • Boom! Studios, an American comic book and graphic novel publisher
  • Boom FM, a classic hits radio station brand in Canada
  • Boom Radio, a UK radio station
  • KROI, a radio station serving the Greater Houston area, branded as "Boom 92"
  • XERP-AM, a Mexican radio station serving the Tampico, Tamaulipas area, branded as "boom 104.7"
  • WPHI-FM, a radio station serving the Philadelphia area, branded as "Boom 107.9"

People

  • Boom (surname)
  • Boom (nickname)
  • Boom (entertainer) (born 1982), South Korean rapper, singer and actor

Other uses

  • Sonic boom, the sound created by an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound
  • Economic boom, a time of rapid growth in wealth, as in a boom town
  • Baby boom, a period marked by a greatly increased birth rate

Organizations

See also

  • Latin American Boom, a 1960s literary movement
  • Bang (disambiguation)
  • Boom Boom (disambiguation)
  • Boomer (disambiguation)
  • Boum (disambiguation)
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