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boomer¹

  • /ˈbuː.mə/ UK
  • /ˈby.mɑ/ Multicultural London English
  • /ˈbu.mɚ/ US
  • /ˈbʉː.mə/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -uːmə(ɹ)

noun boomers

  1. Something that makes a booming sound. That's when the Rev let loose one of those great big boomers of a laugh. It was so loud in the closed space, the effect was what Wes imagined it felt like to hear a bullet fired in a car.
  2. A device used to bind or tighten chain.

    Similar: chain binder

  3. US, informal A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN. Distant contact, probably submerged. It's a wild guess, but I'd say we hit a boomer coming out of the barn. Could be a missile boat out of Polijarny.
  4. UK A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.).
  5. An adult male kangaroo.
  6. Appalachia A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
  7. A sewellel (Aplodontia rufa).

    Similar: mountain beaver, chehalis

  8. In realtime strategy games, a player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence. you and i both know that there are some boomers out there who'll consistently hit bronze @ 16ish and assuming they have protected themselves correctly, are some tough players.
  9. US, historical Alternative letter-case form of Boomer (“Oklahoma settler”).
  10. US A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
  11. A techno-optimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence. The doomers and the boomers are consumed by intramural fights, but from a distance they can look like two offshoots of the same tribe: people who are convinced that A.I. is the only thing worth paying attention to.

    Opposite: doomer

  12. abbreviation Short for boom operator: The airman who operates the in-air flying refueling boom, to refuel aircraft in mid-air, from an air tanker.

boomer²

  • /ˈbuː.mə/ UK
  • /ˈby.mɑ/ Multicultural London English
  • /ˈbu.mɚ/ US
  • /ˈbʉː.mə/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -uːmə(ɹ)

noun boomers

  1. informal A baby boomer. Boomers came of age in the era of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
  2. broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes An elderly person, regardless of generation. I'm going to be a boomer by the time this thing is over.

    Similar: antiquity, codger, gadgie, gaffer, geezer, gramps, greybeard, old codger, old fart, old man, unc, whitebeard

  3. broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology. I'm such a boomer; I have no idea how to use this phone.

Boomer³

proper noun Boomers

  1. A surname.

noun Boomers

  1. US, historical A member of a 19th century movement which campaigned for the opening of "Unassigned Lands" within the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) for settlement. Some skunk of a Sooner, sneaking in ahead of the Run, had set the blaze to keep the Boomers off, saving the land for himself.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of boomer (“a baby boomer”). Someday, Boomers hope, Millennials will build according to great ideals their parents can only envision, act on vital issues their parents can only ponder.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: baby boomer, tnt, pyromaniac, arsonist, bulldozer, thunderclap, boom, surge, kangarooer, boomeranger, boomerang kid, boomerhon, boomerang child, kylie, boomerang baby, boomerism

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@misc{boomer_2026,
  title = {boomer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boomer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}