[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bomb \bomb\, v. t.
   to bombard. obs. --prior.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bomb \bomb\, v. i. cf. boom.
   to sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. obs.
   --b. jonson.
   1913 webster
see also:
boom 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bomb \bomb\, n. f. bombe bombshell, fr. l. bombus a humming or
   buzzing noise, gr. ?.
   1913 webster
   1. a great noise; a hollow sound. obs.
      1913 webster

            a pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck,
            would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber
            beneath.                              --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. a shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired
      from mortars. see shell.
      1913 webster

   3. a bomb ketch.
      1913 webster

   bomb chest mil., a chest filled with bombs, or only with
      gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by
      its explosion.

   bomb ketch, bomb vessel naut., a small ketch or vessel,
      very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be
      used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar
      vessel.

   bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used
      in whale fishing.

   volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.
      "i noticed volcanic bombs." --darwin.
      1913 webster
see also:
shell bomb chest bomb ketch bomb vessel mortar vessel bomb lance 
volcanic bomb 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bomb
     n 1: an explosive device fused to denote under specific
          conditions
     2: strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion syn:
        bomb calorimeter
     3: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the
        first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a
        dud as far as new business was concerned" syn: turkey,
        dud
     v 1: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "the americans bombed
          dresden" syn: bombard
     2: fail to get a passing grade; "she studied hard but failed
        nevertheless"; "did i fail the test?" syn: fail, flunk,
         flush it ant: pass
see also:
bomb calorimeter turkey dud bombard fail flunk 
flush it pass 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

220 moby thesaurus words for "bomb":
   a-bomb, grand guignol, h-bomb, passion play, tom show, aerial bomb,
   antimasque, antipersonnel bomb, astonishment, atom-bomb,
   atomic bomb, audience success, ballet, batter, be a gas, be a hit,
   bill, blast, blitz, blockbuster, blow, blow to pieces, blow up,
   bombard, bombshell, broadcast drama, burlesque show, bust,
   cannonade, carcass, catch, charade, cliff hanger, closet drama,
   comedy drama, concussion grenade, crap out, critical success,
   daytime serial, depth bomb, depth charge, dialogue, dive-bomb,
   documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play,
   dramatic series, dramatize, draw a blank, drop a bomb,
   drop the ball, dud, dull thud, duodrama, duologue, earthshaker,
   epic theater, experimental theater, explosive, extravaganza,
   eye-opener, fail, failure, fall flat, fan, feature, fire bomb,
   fireball, fizzle, flat failure, flop, floperoo, flummox, fold,
   fold up, frost, fusion bomb, gas grenade, gasser, get left,
   giveaway, glide-bomb, grenade, hand grenade, happening, headline,
   hit, hit show, hydrobomb, hydrogen bomb, improvisational drama,
   incendiary, incendiary bomb, incendiary grenade, infernal machine,
   joker, kicker, lay an egg, legitimate drama, lemon, lose out,
   loser, make a hit, masque, melodrama, melodramatize, mine,
   minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue,
   morality, morality play, mount, music drama, musical revue,
   mystery, mystery play, not hack it, not make it, open, open a show,
   opera, pageant, panel show, pantomime, pastoral, pastoral drama,
   peripeteia, petard, piece, pipe bomb, play, playlet,
   plutonium bomb, premiere, present, preview, problem play, produce,
   psychodrama, put on, quiz show, radio drama, razon bomb,
   revelation, review, revue, robot bomb, roc, rocket bomb,
   satchel charge, scenarize, sensational play, serial, set the stage,
   shell, shocker, show, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skip-bomb,
   skit, smoke bomb, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, spring,
   stage, stage play, stage show, staggerer, star, startler,
   stench bomb, stink bomb, straight drama, strike out, succeed,
   success, surprisal, surprise, surprise ending, surprise package,
   surprise party, suspense drama, switch, tableau, tableau vivant,
   take the count, talk show, tear-gas bomb, tear-gas grenade,
   teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty,
   theatricalize, thermonuclear bomb, thunderbolt, thunderclap,
   time bomb, total loss, total theater, try out, turkey,
   variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, wall grenade,
   washout, wear thin, whiff, word-of-mouth success, work

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

bomb 1. v. general synonym for crash sense 1 except that it is not
   used as a noun; esp. used of software or os failures. "don't run empire
   with less than 32k stack, it'll bomb." 2. n.,v. atari st and macintosh
   equivalents of a unix `panic' or amiga guru meditation, in which icons
   of little black-powder bombs or mushroom clouds are displayed,
   indicating that the system has died. on the mac, this may be accompanied
   by a decimal or occasionally hexadecimal number indicating what went
   wrong, similar to the amiga guru meditation number. ms-dos
   machines tend to get locked up in this situation.


see also:
crash guru meditation ms-dos locked up 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

bomb
     
        1.  general synonym for crash except that it is
        not used as a noun.  especially used of software or os
        failures.  "don't run empire with less than 32k stack, it'll
        bomb".
     
        2.  atari st and macintosh equivalents
        of a unix "panic" or amiga guru, in which icons of
        little black-powder bombs or mushroom clouds are displayed,
        indicating that the system has died.  on the macintosh, this
        may be accompanied by a decimal or occasionally
        hexadecimal number indicating what went wrong, similar to
        the amiga guru meditation number.  ms-dos computers tend
        to lock up in this situation.
     
        3.  a piece of code embedded in a program that
        remains dormant until it is triggered.  logic bombs are
        triggered by an event whereas time bombs are triggered either
        after a set amount of time has elapsed, or when a specific
        date is reached.
     
        jargon file
     
        1996-12-08
     
     
see also:
crash os atari st macintosh unix panic 
amiga guru icon hexadecimal guru meditation 
ms-dos lock up jargon file 

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