"bombshell" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-bombshell.wav [UK] Forms: bombshells [plural]
Etymology: bomb + shell Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bomb|shell}} bomb + shell Head templates: {{en-noun}} bombshell (plural bombshells)
  1. A bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact. Categories (topical): Explosives Translations (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact): бо́мба (bómba) [feminine] (Belarusian), знара́д (znarád) [masculine] (Belarusian), бо́мба (bómba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), снаря́д (snarjád) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bombe [feminine] (French), obus [masculine] (French), Bombe [feminine] (German), Granate [feminine] [artillery, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics] (German), Explosivgeschoss [neuter] (German), οβίδα (ovída) [feminine] (Greek), sprengja [feminine] (Icelandic), sprengikúla [feminine] (Icelandic), bomba [feminine] (Italian), granata [feminine] (Italian), pocisk [masculine] (Polish), bomba [feminine] (Portuguese), granada [feminine] (Portuguese), бо́мба (bómba) [feminine] (Russian), снаря́д (snarjád) [masculine] (Russian), bomba [feminine] (Spanish), bombazo [masculine] (Spanish), бо́мба (bómba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), снаря́д (snarjád) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bombshell-en-noun--AD5TJbc Disambiguation of Explosives: 58 7 35 Disambiguation of 'a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact': 98 1 1
  2. (figurative) Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational. Tags: figuratively Translations (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational): pommi (Finnish), surprise [feminine] (French), bombe [colloquial, feminine] (French), Bombe (German), óvænt atvik [neuter] (Icelandic), þruma úr heiðskíru lofti (english: thunder from a clear sky) [feminine] (Icelandic), stórviðburður [masculine] (Icelandic), æsifréttaefni [neuter] (Icelandic), æsifregn [feminine] (Icelandic), notizia clamorosa [feminine] (Italian), sensacja [feminine] (Polish), bomba [feminine] (Portuguese), sensação [feminine] (Portuguese), сенса́ция (sensácija) [feminine] (Russian), бо́мба (bómba) [feminine] (Russian), bombazo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bombshell-en-noun-aUgeuuGO Disambiguation of 'something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational': 0 83 16
  3. (by extension) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Appearance, People Translations (someone who is very attractive): seksipommi (Finnish), povipommi (Finnish), bombe [feminine, slang] (French), avion de chasse [masculine] (French), bonnasse [feminine] (French), Sexbombe [feminine] (German), Granate [feminine] (German), σεξοβόμβα (sexovómva) [feminine] (Greek), bombázó (Hungarian), szexbomba (Hungarian), kynbomba [feminine] (Icelandic), leadhb [feminine] (Irish), bean bhreá (Irish), spéirbhean [feminine] (Irish), stumpa [masculine] (Irish), schianto [masculine] (Italian), sexbombe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), seksbomba [feminine] (Polish), avião (Portuguese), секс-бо́мба (sɛks-bómba) [feminine] (Russian), pibón [masculine] (Spanish), bombón [masculine] (Spanish), bombnedslag [neuter] (Swedish), sexbomb [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bombshell-en-noun-9B1IcMQf Disambiguation of Appearance: 15 7 78 Disambiguation of People: 26 0 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 4 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 4 83 Disambiguation of 'someone who is very attractive': 0 17 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blonde bombshell, drop a bombshell

Inflected forms

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          "word": "schianto"
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      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kynbomba"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "leadhb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
      "word": "bean bhreá"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spéirbhean"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
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      "word": "stumpa"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "schianto"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "word": "sexbombe"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
      "word": "avião"
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      "roman": "sɛks-bómba",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "someone who is very attractive",
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      "word": "bombnedslag"
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      "code": "sv",
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