boomy

American  

[boo-mee] / ˈbu mi /

adjective

boomier, boomiest

1. excessively resonant.

   a loudspeaker with a boomy sound in the lower register.

2. affected by, characterized by, or indicative of an economic boom.

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Etymology

Origin of boomy

First recorded in 1925–30; boom ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

It created a bit of whiplash, perhaps exacerbated by the fact that Climate Pledge couldn’t escape the boomy, washed-out acoustics created by its cavernous confines.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2023

Lamar also knew that the crispness of his rapping, which on record is essential to the complexity of his storytelling, was sure to be lost in the boomy acoustics of a basketball arena.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022

“Pink Venom,” the first single from its second album, “Born Pink,” has traditional Korean instruments, old-school rap, boomy EDM beats and boasts about their stuff going “straight to your dome like whoa, whoa, whoa.”

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

During “Walking in the Rain,” she finds a way to telegraph her soppy heartsickness over boomy thunderclaps.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2022

You cross a boomy rusting footbridge to get there.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell