boom box
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of boom box
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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He’s going to come to set with a boom box and blast, like, Phil Collins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
Everybody ran over toward the boom box, demanding a rewind.
From Salon ● May 14, 2023
The defendant and two of his friends boarded the same train and one of them played music from a boom box speaker.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2023
Once we got there, we laid out our towels and set up our boom box, switching between Hot 97, Kiss FM and WBLS.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2022
They weren’t sure if what we were doing was right, but they knew what to do about a loud boom box.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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