Meanings
nounsonic boom (plural sonic booms)
plural sonic booms
- aerodynamicsThe audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.
verbsonic boom (third-person singular simple present sonic booms, present participle sonic booming, simple past and past participle sonic boomed)
present singular third person sonic booms · participle present sonic booming · participle past sonic boomed · past sonic boomed
- To produce such an effect.
Translations
Arabic صَوْت عَالٍ
- صَوْت عَالٍ (ṣawt ʕālin)the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Chinese Mandarin 聲爆 /声爆, 音爆
- 聲爆 /声爆 (shēngbào)the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
- 音爆 (yīnbào)the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Czech aerodynamický třesk, akustický třesk
- aerodynamický třeskthe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
- akustický třeskthe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
- sonický třeskthe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
- rázová vlnathe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
French bang sonique
- bang soniquethe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
German Überschallknall
- Überschallknallthe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Hebrew בום על־קולי
- בום על־קולי (bum al-kolí)the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Hungarian hangrobbanás
- hangrobbanásthe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Irish tormán sonach
- tormán sonachthe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Italian boom sonico, boato sonico
- boom sonicothe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
- boato sonicothe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Japanese ソニックブーム
- ソニックブーム (sonikkubūmu)the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Korean 소닉 붐
- 소닉 붐 (sonik bum)the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Polish grom dźwiękowy
- grom dźwiękowythe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Russian звуково́й уда́р
- звуково́й уда́р (zvukovój udár)the audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Spanish explosión sónica, boom sónico
- explosión sónicathe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
- boom sónicothe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
- estampido sónicothe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Swedish ljudbang
- ljudbangthe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
Vietnamese tiếng nổ siêu thanh
- tiếng nổ siêu thanhthe audible effect of a shock wave in the air
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APA
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“sonic boom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonic%20boom. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sonic boom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonic%20boom.
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