"overboom" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overbooms [present, singular, third-person], overbooming [participle, present], overboomed [participle, past], overboomed [past]
Etymology: over- + boom Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|boom}} over- + boom Head templates: {{en-verb}} overboom (third-person singular simple present overbooms, present participle overbooming, simple past and past participle overboomed)
  1. (transitive) To grow or progress too quickly, resulting in the crash of (something). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overboom-en-verb-dhDjcW4k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for overboom meaning in English (2.1kB)

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