Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Hollow; deeply resonant: as, the boomy tone of surf, or of a bell.

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  • adjective Characterized by heavy bass sounds.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to a financial boom.

Etymologies

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boom +‎ -y

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Examples

  • The Vibe IIs mostly preserve V-Moda's super-bassy signature, but are less intensely boomy, which is a good thing, since now they've definitely got more clarity in the mids and highs than the old set, and an overall cleaner, more balanced sound.

    Gizmodo 2008

  • The Vibe IIs mostly preserve V-Moda's super-bassy signature, but are less intensely boomy, which is a good thing, since now they've definitely got more clarity in the mids and highs than the old set, and an overall cleaner, more balanced sound.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2008

  • "boomy", percussive sound that I've never heard in a $500 mandolin.

    Mandolin Cafe News 2009

  • "This sets up areas in the room where bass energy is too prominent, 'boomy' if you sit there, and other areas where bass energy seems lacking.

    Electronic House Recently Filed 2009

  • Such a song is "Vieja" presented here as they performed it at Drom apologies for the room's boomy sound.

    Michal Shapiro: Pistolera: Taking Life by the Teeth Michal Shapiro 2011

  • "Sadness Is a Blessing" rebuilds Phil Spector's wall of sound for the high-definition generation, and it sounds so boomy it's easy to miss the song's devastatingly simple refrain: "Sadness is my boyfriend / Oh, sadness, I'm your girl."

    Album review: Lykke Li, "Wounded Rhymes" 2011

  • But it turns out that the raw, boomy space is ideal for vibrating strings and sonic phenomena.

    The 'East Village Nosferatu' Haunts Brooklyn Steve Dollar 2011

  • Such a song is "Vieja" presented here as they performed it at Drom apologies for the room's boomy sound.

    Michal Shapiro: Pistolera: Taking Life by the Teeth Michal Shapiro 2011

  • Make it more boomy ... like it's echoing through the eternity of space.

    February 6th, 2008 wheatland_press 2008

  • Why is the bottom end of the music spectrum so boomy and annoying?

    links for 2008-04-21 « Skid Roche 2008

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