boom box

noun

, Informal.

1. a large, powerful portable radio and often cassette or CD player.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boom box¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Inside the “Love” window Elphresh the contortionist elf dances in from of a gold boom-box and 9-foot chrome mushrooms.

From The Daily Beast

He goes old school in this video, rapping in front of a huge boom box.

From The Daily Beast