"bomb" meaning in All languages combined

See bomb on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɒm/ [Australia, UK], /bɑm/ [US] Audio: en-us-bomb.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 bomb.ogg [Australia] Forms: bomb [singular], bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A bomb is a weapon that explodes.
    Sense id: simple-bomb-en-noun-UQ~DCS2y
  2. If something, often a movie or a concert, was a bomb, it was very unsuccessful.
    Sense id: simple-bomb-en-noun-uviJgVPg

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɒm/ [Australia, UK], /bɑm/ [US] Audio: en-us-bomb.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 bomb.ogg [Australia] Forms: bomb [canonical], bombs [third-person, singular], bombed [past], bombed [past, participle], bombing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you bomb a place, you drop or put one or more bombs there.
    Sense id: simple-bomb-en-verb-vuBhlDAm
  2. If you bomb somewhere, you go there at high speed.
    Sense id: simple-bomb-en-verb-IjMKnh11 Categories (other): Verbs
  3. If you bomb a test, course, etc., you get a very low grade on it.
    Sense id: simple-bomb-en-verb-pyCgyf5r
  4. If something, often a movie or a concert, bombs, it is very unsuccessful.
    Sense id: simple-bomb-en-verb--5I6i~GD Categories (other): Verbs
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