boom box

American  

noun

Informal.

• boom boxes
  plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• boom boxes
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of boom box

First recorded in 1980–85

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

boom box

It felt like "he was standing outside of my apartment, holding a boom box saying, 'I want to go on a date with you'," she later recalled.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

He’s going to come to set with a boom box and blast, like, Phil Collins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Watching him come out on a bare stage with a boom box and say, "I've got a tape I want to play," or ask, "Does anybody have any questions?" is charming.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2023

Passersby walked on as a boom box tied to the car’s roof repeatedly blared the words “The Ixil people do remember” and played the judge’s genocide verdict.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

I stuck in another CD, this time from Gran’s personal stack by the boom box.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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