boomy

[ boo-mee ]

adjective

, boom·i·er, boom·i·est.

1. excessively resonant:

   a loudspeaker with a boomy sound in the lower register.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of boomy¹

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

Services like Boomy, a Bay Area music tech company, are already using AI-generated music to flood Spotify, with varying legal and contractual obstacles.

From Los Angeles Times

A full drum kit toward the rear of the stage overwhelmed the room with its boomy kick, its volume urging everything else around it upward into rock show territory.

From Washington Post

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

“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