Boom

Boom may refer to:

Objects

• Boom (containment), a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill
• Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle used to control or block marine navigation
• Boom (sailing), a sailboat part
• Boom (windsurfing), a piece of windsurfing equipment
• Boom (ship), a type of Arab sailing vessel
• Log boom, a barrier placed in a river
• Boom, the lifting part of a crane
• Boom microphone
• Boom, the rear fuselage of an aircraft, as in twin boom
• Boom, short for boomerang
• Boom barrier, used to block vehicular or pedestrian access

Arts and entertainment

Music

Performers

• Boom! (group), a pop band founded by Hear'Say member Johnny Shentall
• The Boom, a Japanese rock band
• Boom Gaspar (born 1953), piano/keyboard/organ player for the band Pearl Jam
• Boom, a member of the animated girl group VBirds

Albums

• Boom (The Sonics album), 1966
• Boom (Mario Pavone album), 2004
• Boom (Garmonbozia album)
• Boom, a 2006 album by The Fuzztones

Songs

• "Boom" (Anastacia song), the official song for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
• "Boom" (Mario song), a 2005 R&B single featuring Juvenile
• "Boom" (P.O.D. song), 2002
• "Boom" (Royce da 5'9" song)
• "Boom" (Snoop Dogg song), 2011
• "Boom" (T-Pain song), 2008, with Filip Filippi, better known as Sin Sizzerb
• "Boom" (X Ambassadors song), 2019
• "Boom!" (System of a Down song), 2003
• "Boom", a song by Anjulie, 2008
• "Boom", a song by the Bloodhound Gang from One Fierce Beer Coaster (1996)
• "Boom", a song by Flight of the Conchords from the 2007 episode "Bret Gives Up the Dream"
• "Boom!", a song by Lil Yachty featuring Ugly God from the 2018 album Lil Boat 2
• "Boom", a 2008 song by gospel R&B duo Mary Mary from the album The Sound
• "Boom", a song by Soulfly on the album Primitive
• "Boom!", a song by Simple Plan from their 2016 album Taking One for the Team
• "Boom", a song by YoungBoy Never Broke Again from his 2020 album Top
• "BOOM", a 2024 single by Evil Neuro

Festivals

• Boom Festival, an electronic music festival in Portugal
• BOOM Festival, a former Yugoslav music festival

Films

• Boom! (1968 film), a 1968 British drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Noël Coward
• Boom (2003 film), a 2003 Bollywood comedy
• Il Boom, a 1963 film by Italian director Vittorio de Sica

Television

• Boom! (TV series), a 2005 American reality series
• Boom! (game show), an American game show with a time bomb theme
• Boom, the original title of the U.S. TV series Blood & Oil
• "Boom" (CSI), an episode of the TV series C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation
• "Boom!" (Castle), a television episode
• "BOOM" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a television episode
• Boom (Power Rangers), a character from the American TV series Power Rangers: S.P.D.
• "Boom" (Doctor Who), an episode of the fourteenth series of Doctor Who

Other

• Boom! Studios, an American comics publisher
• Boom! (novel), a 2009 children's science fiction novel by Mark Haddon
• Boom (play), by Peter Sinn Nachtreib
• Boom (source port), a source port of the computer game Doom

Places

• Boom, Belgium, a municipality
• Boom Mountain, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
  • Boom Lake, near the mountain
• Boom Gorge, on the Chu River in Kyrgyzstan
• Boom, Tennessee, a community in the United States
• Boom, Texas, former name of Summerfield, Texas

Media

• BOOMTV, a proposed Canadian premium TV service
• Boom TV (Romania), a satellite TV company
• Boom TV (Macedonia), a digital TV provider
• Boom TV (Cape Verde), a defunct Cape Verdan television channel
• Boom! Studios, an American comic book and graphic novel publisher
• Boom FM, a classic hits radio station brand in Canada
• Boom Radio, a UK radio station
• KROI, a radio station serving the Greater Houston area, branded as "Boom 92"
• XERP-AM, a Mexican radio station serving the Tampico, Tamaulipas area, branded as "boom 104.7"
• WPHI-FM, a radio station serving the Philadelphia area, branded as "Boom 107.9"

People

• Boom (surname)
• Boom (nickname)
• Boom (entertainer) (born 1982), South Korean rapper, singer and actor
• Boudewijn Karel Boom, Dutch botanist for whose name it is the standard abbreviation

Other uses

• Sonic boom, the sound created by an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound
• Economic boom, a time of rapid growth in wealth, as in a boom town
• Baby boom, a period marked by a greatly increased birth rate
• Boom Technology, a startup aircraft company

See also

• Latin American Boom, a 1960s literary movement
• Bang (disambiguation)
• Boom Boom (disambiguation)
• Boomer (disambiguation)
• Boum (disambiguation)
• Kaboom (disambiguation), including Ka-Boom
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• Blam (disambiguation)
• Boon (disambiguation)
• BOM (disambiguation)

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