a person born during the decade after World War II Baby boomers will retire in the first decade of the 21st century.
boom box
portable cassette/CD player.
afterboomer
newspaper slang for a person born between 1965 and 1974 after the baby-boom of 1946 to 1964
lower the boom on
Idiom(s): lower the boom on sb
Theme: SCOLDING
to scold or punish someone severely; to crack down on someone. (Informal.) • If Bob wont behave better, III have to lower the boom on him. • The teacher lowered the boom on the whole class for misbehaving.
baby boom|baby|boom
n. A sudden increase in the birth rate. The universities were filled to capacity due to the baby boom that followed World War II.
lower the boom|boom|lower
v. phr., informal To punish strictly; check or stop fully. The mayor lowered the boom on outside jobs for city firemen.Father lowered the boom on the girls for staying out after midnight. Synonym: CRACK DOWN. The police lowered the boom on open gambling.
sonic boom|boom|sonic
n. A loud noise and vibration in the air, made when a jet plane passes the speed of sound (1087 feet per second). Fast jet planes sometimes cause a sonic boom, which can break windows and crack the plaster in houses below them.We thought there was an explosion or earthquake, but it was only a sonic boom that shook the house.
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ace boom-boom
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