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Boom (sailing), spar at the foot of a sail on a sail boat.
Boom (windsurfing), a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
A floating barrier, usually a chain supported by interspersed buoyant elements, for blocking a waterway, such as a narrow harbour entrance or a river.
A log boom was a barrier placed in a river, designed to collect and or contain floating logs timbered from nearby forests.
In Australia "Boom" can refer to a game of soccer in which tackling is allowed.

Television and films

BOOMTV, a proposed Canadian premium television service.
Boom (film) (1968), directed by Joseph Losey.
Boom (2003 film), a Bollywood film directed by Kaizad Gustad.
Boom, a character from Power Rangers: S.P.D.

Music

BooM is a Funk-Rock Band in Tehran.
"Boom", a song, by Christian rock group P.O.D.
"Boom!", a song recorded by System of a Down and Michael Moore.
"Boom", a song by Anastasia
"Boom", a song recorded by Mario and Juvenile.
Boom is a Caribbean drum, played in both the music of Guyana and Montserrat; there is also a boom boom drum in the music of the Virgin Islands

Other

Boom is the name of a spar used on a Crane (machine).
A word invented by William Shakespeare.
Economic boom, time of rapid growth in wealth, as in a boom town.
Boom, Antwerp, a municipality in Belgium.
A slang for the drug crystal methamphetamine. Usually refers to the process of freebasing the crystalline substance.
The Latin American Boom, a major current in Latin American literature in the second half of the 20th century.
A clone of the Bomberman game

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