bomb

noun

• 1a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device: [as modifier]:a bomb attack
• [with modifier] an explosive device fitted into a specified object:a 100 lb van bomb
• (the bomb) nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction:she joined the fight against the bomb

• 2a thing resembling a bomb in shape, in particular:
• (also volcanic bomb) a lump of lava thrown out by a volcano.
• a pear-shaped weight used to anchor a fishing line to the bottom.

• 3 (a bomb) British informal a large sum of money:that silk must have cost a bomb

• 4 informal a film, play, or other event that fails badly:that bomb of an old movie

• 5 (the (or da) bomb) US informal an outstandingly good person or thing:the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently

• 6a long forward pass or hit in a ball game:a two-run bomb

• 7 informal a cannabis cigarette.

verb

• 1 [with object] attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs:they bombed the city at dawn
• (bomb someone out) make someone homeless by destroying their home with bombs: my family were bombed out while I was fighting

• 2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] British informal move very quickly:we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed

• 3 [no object] informal (of a film, play, or other event) fail badly:it just became another big-budget film that bombed