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Floom vs Foom - What's the difference?

floom | foom |

As a noun floom

is (us|archaic) a flume, as in a mill flume.

As an interjection foom is

the sound of a muffled explosion.

floom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, archaic) A flume, as in a mill flume.

    • foom

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The sound of a muffled explosion.
  • * 1983 , Richard Bach, Biplane
    • And FOOM -FOOM! the two engines burst together into life...
  • * 2000 , James Bradley, Ron Powers, Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima
    • Those flat-trajectory shells would skim straight in, making a roaring sound in the dark: Foom ! Foom! Foom!
  • * 2007 , Warren Murphy, James Mullaney, The New Destroyer: Guardian Angel
    • A soft, distant foom . The lights blinked, then faded. Foom-foom-foom! Explosions, one after another, rocked the tunnel.

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