bomber
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑmɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒmə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
bomb + -er
Noun
bomber (plural bombers)
- (aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
- A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
- 2000 June 6, Nick Hopkins, “The bomber who tried to unleash a race war”, in The Guardian:
- The nail bomber who killed three people and injured dozens of others in a terrifying campaign last spring told police he was a homophobic Nazi, and that he hoped the explosions would "set fire to the country and stir up a racial war", the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
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- (clothing) Ellipsis of bomber jacket..
- 1991 March 18, Jeff Black, “The Bomber Jacket Is Taking Lots of Flak”, in DNR, volume 21, number 53, ISSN 1092-5511, page 13:
- A few years ago, the leather bomber was a gold mine for retailers and a gravy train for vendors. Consumers were crazy for them.
- 2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, “How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world”, in The Guardian:
- First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. […]
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- (US, slang) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
- Short for graffiti bomber.
- 2002, Ivor Miller, Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City (page 195)
- To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]
- 2002, Ivor Miller, Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City (page 195)
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
- 2011, Vera Rubin, Cannabis and Culture (page 510)
- In Canada, marihuana cigarettes rarely contain any tobacco, and may vary in size from a few hundred milligrams up to a several gram "bomber."
- 2017, Thomas Conrad, The Reunion
- That night, I swallowed the last of my pain pills, smoked a bomber, and let the drugs carry me away.
Derived terms
- A-bomber
- ban-the-bomber
- biscuit bomber
- black bomber
- bomber gap
- bomber jacket
- bomber-jacketed
- bomber seat
- bomber's moon
- brown bomber
- dive bomber
- fighter-bomber
- fighter bomber
- heavy bomber
- light bomber
- medium bomber
- nail bomber
- shoe bomber
- shoeicide bomber
- skip bomber
- stealth bomber
- strategic bomber
- suicide bomber
- superbomber
- torpedo bomber
- water bomber
Related terms
- bombardier
Translations
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Etymology 2
A shortened form of bombproof.
Adjective
bomber (comparative more bomber, superlative most bomber)
- (climbing, slang) Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear.
Usage notes
The forms "more bomber" or "most bomber" are unusual.
Further reading
- bomber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- mobber
Aragonese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bom.ˈbe(ɾ)/
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers)
- firefighter (person whose job is to put out fires)
- 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 45:
- Corre! Grita a os bombers! Fe-lo ya!
- Run! Shout to the firefighters! Do it now!
- 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 45:
Catalan
Etymology
bomba + -er
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers, feminine bombera)
- firefighter
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bombər/, [ˈb̥ɔmb̥ɐ]
- Homophone: bumper
Etymology 1
From bombe (“to bomb”, agent noun) + -er, calque of English bomber.
Noun
bomber c (singular definite bomberen, plural indefinite bombere)
- (rare) bomber (military aircraft dropping bombs)
- Synonym: bombefly
- (rare) bomber (a pilot in a bomber)
Inflection
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bomber | bomberen | bombere | bomberne |
genitive | bombers | bomberens | bomberes | bombernes |
References
- “bomber” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
bomber c
- indefinite plural of bombe
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bomber
- present tense of bombe
French
Etymology 1
bombe + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ̃.be/
Verb
bomber
- (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
- (figurative) to cower, to bend
- (colloquial) to move, walk quickly
- (colloquial) to spray paint (especially of taggers or graffiti artists)
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | bomber | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bombant /bɔ̃.bɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bombé /bɔ̃.be/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bombe /bɔ̃b/ | bombes /bɔ̃b/ | bombe /bɔ̃b/ | bombons /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/ | bombez /bɔ̃.be/ | bombent /bɔ̃b/ |
imperfect | bombais /bɔ̃.bɛ/ | bombais /bɔ̃.bɛ/ | bombait /bɔ̃.bɛ/ | bombions /bɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ | bombiez /bɔ̃.bje/ | bombaient /bɔ̃.bɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bombai /bɔ̃.be/ | bombas /bɔ̃.ba/ | bomba /bɔ̃.ba/ | bombâmes /bɔ̃.bam/ | bombâtes /bɔ̃.bat/ | bombèrent /bɔ̃.bɛʁ/ | |
future | bomberai /bɔ̃.bʁe/ | bomberas /bɔ̃.bʁa/ | bombera /bɔ̃.bʁa/ | bomberons /bɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | bomberez /bɔ̃.bʁe/ | bomberont /bɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bomberais /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | bomberais /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | bomberait /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | bomberions /bɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bomberiez /bɔ̃.bə.ʁje/ | bomberaient /bɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bombe /bɔ̃b/ | bombes /bɔ̃b/ | bombe /bɔ̃b/ | bombions /bɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ | bombiez /bɔ̃.bje/ | bombent /bɔ̃b/ |
imperfect2 | bombasse /bɔ̃.bas/ | bombasses /bɔ̃.bas/ | bombât /bɔ̃.ba/ | bombassions /bɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ | bombassiez /bɔ̃.ba.sje/ | bombassent /bɔ̃.bas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bombe /bɔ̃b/ | — | bombons /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/ | bombez /bɔ̃.be/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- bomber le torse
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bomber (jacket).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ̃.bœʁ/
- Homophone: bombeur
Noun
bomber m (plural bombers)
- bomber jacket
Further reading
- “bomber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism. In the meaning "bomber jacket", a clipping of English bomber jacket. In the other meanings, transferred senses from the verb English bomb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔm.ber/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔmber
- Hyphenation: bòm‧ber
Noun
bomber m (invariable)
- graffiti artist
- goal scorer (football)
- bomber jacket
References
- bomber in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- Brembo
Norman
Etymology
From English bomb + -er.
Verb
bomber (gerund bombéthie)
- (Jersey) to bomb
Derived terms
- bombeux (“bomber”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bomber m or f
- indefinite plural of bombe
Verb
bomber
- present of bombe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bomber f
- indefinite plural of bombe
Swedish
Noun
bomber
- indefinite plural of bomb.