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1. a container filled with explosive, incendiary material, smoke, gas, or other destructive substance, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a time mechanism, remote-control device, or lit fuse.

爆弾

with modifier an explosive device fitted into a specified object:

e.g. a package bomb. See also car bomb, letter bomb.

(the bomb) nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction:

〖the ～〗 原［水］爆, 核兵器

e.g. she joined the fight against the bomb.

a small pressurized container that sprays liquid, foam, or gas:

(高圧ガスなどの)ボンベ; スプレー容器

e.g. the bug bombs we tried did not kill the cockroaches.

2. (also volcanic bomb) a lump of lava thrown out by a volcano.

火山弾〘火口から噴出された溶岩が空中で固結したもの〙

3. (a bomb) British informal a large sum of money:

｟英･くだけて｠ 〖単数形で〗大金; 成功

e.g. it will cost a bomb in call charges.

4. informal a movie, play, or other event that fails badly.

｟米･くだけて｠ 〖通例単数形で〗(芝居･映画などの)失敗(作), 不人気ショー

an old car, especially a run-down one.

5. (the bomb or da bomb) US informal an outstandingly good person or thing:

｟くだけて｠ すごいやつ［こと］

e.g. the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently.

6. a long forward pass or hit in a ball game:

〘アメフト〙 ロングパス

e.g. a big 40-yard bomb down the middle to tight end Howard Cross.

7. informal a marijuana cigarette.

｟俗｠ 麻薬入りタバコ

1. with object attack (a place or vehicle) with a bomb or bombs:

…を爆破する, 爆撃する

e.g. London was bombed, night after night

e.g. (as noun bombing) : a series of bombings.

2. no object, with adverbial of direction British informal move very quickly:

｟英･くだけて｠ (乗り物で)ぶっ飛ばす(along)

e.g. the bus came bombing along.

3. no object informal (of a movie, play, or other event) fail miserably:

｟くだけて｠ 〈芝居･ショーなどが〉大失敗する, 不人気である(out)

e.g. a big-budget movie that bombed at the box office

e.g. he bombed out at several tournaments.

British informal be very well received:

e.g. those gigs we did went down a bomb.

informal used to describe a place that is extremely messy or untidy in appearance.

late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.