Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An explosive bomb.
- n. One that is sensationally shocking, surprising, or amazing.
- n. One who is very attractive.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as bomb, 1.
Wiktionary
- n. a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact
- n. something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational
- n. by extension someone who is very attractive (compare sex symbol)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A bomb. See bomb, n.
- n. something or someone that stuns or amazes, especially suddenly and unexpectedly.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an explosive bomb or artillery shell
- n. an entertainer who has a sensational effect
- n. a shocking surprise
Examples
“VS models basically coined the term 'bombshell waves,' and last night lead hair stylist Orlando Pita didn't stray from the message.”
The Huffington Post: Backstage At The Victoria's Secret Fashion With Karlie Kloss & Joan Smalls
“TOOBIN: Well, I mean, I think we throw around the term bombshell, but this was really a big deal, what happened yesterday in this trial, because you had Jackson's accuser admitting on the witness stand that twice he had been asked by a school dean about whether there had been any misbehavior by Michael Jackson toward him and twice he denied that anything went wrong.”
“LEMON: I think that's what you call a bombshell, right, Wolf, don't you think?”
“In one corner, hip-hop tycoon Russell Simmons is being interviewed by a six-foot-tall bombshell from the Food Network about top vegan chefs (“His soy bacon is fabulous!”).”
“Some people are using the word bombshell, other people say well it potentially could be a bombshell.”
“CHURL:The word bombshell implies war and violence; try using, "a significant incendiary device.”
“The blonde bombshell is strangely confused, and Legion leader Cosmic Boy doesn’t quite understand, until she pulls him aside for a tete a tete.”
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“Then the president dropped the so-called bombshell: the support for final demarcation of borders based on the 1967 status quo, while advocating a swap of lands.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Josef Olmert: Interpreting the Obama Speech
“The bombshell was the announcement that henceforth publishers who sold in-app subscriptions would have to pay Apple 30% of any resulting revenue.”
The Guardian: Has the revolt begun against Apple's iPad app fees??
“Just two days before Saturday's crucial GOP primary in South Carolina, Nightline has what's characterized as a "bombshell" interview with Newt Gingrich's second ex-wife, Marianne.”
Newt Gingrich's Ex-Wife Tells Nightline: He Wanted An 'Open Marriage'
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bombshell’.
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Headlines & Newsmakers
frugality, environment, extinction, bible, killer, jazz, cloning, dead, god, moon, global warming, bailout and 340 more...
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She She She
Words containing "she" but excluding words beginning with "she"
usher, ashen, eggshell, freshen, bolshevik, woodshed, abashed, whirling dervishes, usherettes, diminishes, quashed, unsheathed and 51 more...
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Dis Wordz R Da Bomb
time bomb, hydrogen bomb, trucker bomb, bombardier, pipe bomb, smoke bomb, atom bomb, ticking time bomb, dirty bomb, carpet bomb, cluster bomb, bomblet and 34 more...
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Wordie Working Overtime - some words ...
Some words of from XTC songs that I like or for some reason stand out. That and a dollar will get you a ride on the bus.
transistor, impaled, settee, sunspecs, neon, meccanic, infatuation, greenhouse, capers, consequence, excepted, helicopter and 112 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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Words Words and more Words
ruckus, bustle, ominous, odious, abominable, atrocious, appal, abysmal, dismal, calamity, debacle, fiasco and 231 more...
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B is for Blue Canary
My B Words
bugbear, bette davis eyes, backstroke, barney, babushka, babycakes, backscratcher, bad news bears, balderdash, ballyhoo, baloney, bamboozle and 150 more...
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babe
girlie, blonde, brunette, innocent, damsel, bombshell, bomb, sexbomb, coed, bimbo, bitch
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pendlerpiken's Words
serendipity, fork, whee, pursuit, squeee, badger, hedge-swaine, wicked, ochre, umbra, verisimilitude, antediluvian and 15 more...
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Words Noir
assassination, stiletto, clubbed, shadowed, vengeance, croaked, guilt, conscience, inheritance, detective, dame, murder and 26 more...
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xo
chickadee, afterword, anthem, ad-lib, wit's end, lewd, facade, kitten, girl, bombast, bombshell, heavens to betsy and 1 more...
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Bombs Away!
Words containing the word "bomb"
bombazine, bomblets, bombshell, carpet-bombing, firebombing, bomb rack, bomb bay, bombardier, bombardon, bombastically, bombinating, dive-bombing and 14 more...
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She's Beautiful
exquisite, comely, bewitching, captivating, enchanting, irresistable, fetching, hypnotic, spellbinding, curvaceous, haunting, scrumptious and 28 more...
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