boom off

English

Verb

boom off (third-person singular simple present booms off, present participle booming off, simple past and past participle boomed off)

1. (transitive, literally) To resound against (a surface).

   The music boomed off the walls of the venue.

2. (dated, intransitive, literally) To move away quickly.

   The train boomed off to the west.

3. (dated, transitive) To boom as a result of (something) (to flourish, grow, or progress).

   The economy will boom off the exploitation of offshore oil.

4. (slang, transitive) To explode (a door) to gain access.

   The cops boomed off my door.

5. (dated, transitive) To mark off an area (of water, or sometimes land) using booms (a floating barrier used to obstruct navigation) or something similar.

   They boomed off the oil slick.

6. (transitive or intransitive, slang) To shoot using (something); to be fired.

   He booms off his glock as he enters the room.

   The cannons boomed off.

7. (dated, transitive) To blow off or brush off (somebody); to dismiss (somebody) as unimportant.

   The bureaucrats can boom him off when he comes to them with ideas.