bomb

1. n. A great noise; a hollow sound. Source: opted

2. n. A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell. Source: opted

3. n. A bomb ketch. Source: opted

4. v. t. To bombard. Source: opted

5. v. i. To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. Source: opted

6. n. an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions Source: wordnet

7. n. strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion Source: wordnet

8. n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual Source: wordnet

9. v. throw bombs at or attack with bombs Source: wordnet

10. v. fail to get a passing grade Source: wordnet

11. 1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. Bacon. 2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell. 3. A bomb ketch. Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion. -- Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel. -- Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. -- Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." Darwin. To bombard. [Obs.] Prior. To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Source: webster

12. A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars.See Shell. Source: adambom

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