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boomer
[boo-mer]
noun
Informal.baby boomer.
a period of sudden and decisive economic growth.
July was a boomer for the retail trade.
a person who settles in areas or towns that are undergoing a period of rapid economic or population growth.
He was among the first boomers to settle in the town when it began to grow.
Informal.a person, fad, etc., that enjoys a brief popularity or financial success.
This season's hit album turned the group into a boomer.
a person or thing that booms.
These speakers are real boomers with an amazing balance of bass to treble.
an enthusiastic supporter; booster.
The boomers tell us our town can double its size.
Australian.a fully grown male kangaroo, especially a large one.
Navy Slang.a submarine that can fire intercontinental ballistic missiles and especially those equipped with a nuclear warhead.
Informal: Older Use.a wandering or migratory worker; hobo.
boomer
/ ˈːə /
noun
a large male kangaroo
informalanything exceptionally large
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of boomer1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of boomer1
Example Sentences
The raids also come at a time when immigration is helping fill a demand for workers as the overall U.S. population ages and baby boomers retire.
“As more baby boomers” join the ranks of those who need help, he said, “we might finally understand we need some kind of leadership.”
"I think there's a holdover from the boomer generation here in America that lived through the Cold War," Buck says, "and I don't quite grasp why - but they say Russia's bad."
The use was higher among Gen Z and millennials compared to Gen X and boomers.
In the process, he connects the post-World War II purchasing power of the generation that would become baby boomers to the creation of an entertainment boom designed to serve and depict teens.
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