foom

foom

English

Etymology

Imitative. Compare boom.

Interjection

foom

1. The sound of a muffled explosion.
   • 1983, Richard Bach, Biplane

     And FOOM-FOOM! the two engines burst together into life...

   • 2000, James Bradley, Ron Powers, Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima

     Those flat-trajectory shells would skim straight in, making a roaring sound in the dark: Foom! Foom! Foom!

   • 2007, Warren Murphy, James Mullaney, The New Destroyer: Guardian Angel

     A soft, distant foom. The lights blinked, then faded. Foom-foom-foom! Explosions, one after another, rocked the tunnel.

Anagrams

• FOMO, FoMO, mofo, moof

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Middle English

Noun

foom

1. Alternative form of fome