BOMB

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

   “The size of the ground hole crater from the blast indicates it was a bomb.”

2. isim The atomic bomb.

   “During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes.”

3. isim Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.

   “If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.”

4. isim A grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell.

   “And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air / Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there”

5. isim Ellipsis of bomb ship.
6. isim Alternative form of boom (“barrier used to obstruct navigation for military or other purposes”)

   “Juſt by the Black Sea are two Caſtles, one in Europe and the other in Aſia […] Anciently a Chain or Bomb lay acroſs from Caſtle to Caſtle, to prevent the paſſing of Ships in troublesome times.”

7. isim Any explosive charge.

   “The mineworkers are setting their bombs.”

8. isim A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.

   “The children are playing with water bombs in the garden.”

9. isim Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.

   “That turkey fryer is a bomb waiting to go off.”

10. isim A fart.

    “He just dropped a bomb.”

11. isim A failure; an unpopular commercial product.

    “box-office bomb”

12. isim A car in poor condition.

    “Nowadays, an old bomb simply won’t pass the inspection.”

13. isim A large amount of money.

    “make a bomb”

14. isim A success; the bomb.

    “Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.”

15. isim A very attractive woman.
16. isim An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.

    “It was an ordinary speech, until the president dropped a bomb: he would be retiring for medical reasons.”

17. isim An obscene word identified by its first letter.

    “Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi.”

18. isim A long forward pass.
19. isim A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
20. isim A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.

    “With five seconds remaining, Smith received the inbounds pass and launched a bomb that dropped through the net to give his team an 80-79 victory.”

21. fiil To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.

    “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)”

22. fiil To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

    “School days have been missed or cut short many times to accommodate soccer travel through the years, but this return felt different. Photos posted on his social media documenting the experience were seen by classmates, many of whom bombed him with questions about his future in the sport.”

23. fiil To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
24. fiil To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
25. fiil To move at high speed.

    “I was bombing down the road on my motorbike.”

26. fiil To make oneself drunk.

    “The calendar was selling Moctezuma beer, so I had one of them in her honor while Murray bombed himself with the mezcal.”

27. fiil To cover an area in many graffiti tags.

    “It is often used to collect other writer's tags, and future plans for bombing and piecing.”

28. fiil To fail dismally.

    “I totally bombed that exam.”

29. fiil To crash.

    “When things weren't going Alison's way at work — some editor wanted something changed or her computer bombed again — she'd cuss and yell at whoever happened to be in the way.”

30. fiil To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).