bomb

bomb

1. adjective, slang Excellent; extremely entertaining; of very high quality. (Sometimes used as "the bomb.") That steak I had at dinner was bomb! I'm not usually a fan of action films, but that one was the bomb!
2. verb To fail spectacularly or to a great degree. Despite all the media hype, the major summer blockbuster bombed on its opening weekend.

bombed

slang Intoxicated. Do you remember last night at all? You were totally bombed by the time I got to the bar.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bomb

verb
See bomb out

bomb

verb
See bombshell

bomb

1. n. a bad performance or an inherently bad show. They tried as hard as they could, but the thing was a bomb from Act One on.
2. in. to fail. My first try bombed, but things got better.
3. Go to bomb(shell).

bombed

verb
See bombed out
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a (ticking) time bomb
  • be (the) bomb
  • be the bomb
  • bomb
  • bomb (someone or something) out
  • bomb around
  • bomb out
  • bomb out (of something)
  • bomb out at (something)
  • bomb out of something
  • bomb out on (something)
  • bomb through
  • bomb through (something)
  • bombshell
  • box-office bomb
  • cost a bomb
  • da bomb
  • drop a bomb
  • drop a brick
  • drop the F-bomb
  • drop the L-bomb
  • f-bomb
  • go a bomb
  • go down a bomb
  • go like a bomb
  • love bomb
  • love bombs
  • photobomb
  • put a bomb under
  • put a bomb under (someone or something)
  • put a bomb under something
  • smart bomb
  • the bomb
  • the L-bomb
  • time bomb
References in periodicals archive
He said most fishermen fear they may mishandle bombs unknowingly during their fishing activities in the lake.
The said bomb was turned over to the headquarters of the MPD for proper disposition and eventual disposal.
The department has also received a new bomb disposal vehicle equipped with a robotic bomb disposal hand, bomb disposal protection suit, X-ray machine, toolkits, a bomb blast suppression blanket and cameras.
'After experts inspect the bomb, they will remove it to a secure area.
Prior to this, Lezlie Ann Orteza, a student of the NTC, was nabbed for violating Presidential Decree 1727 or the malicious dissemination of false information or the willful making of any threat concerning bombs.
A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active laser guidance to strike a designated target with greater accuracy in comparison to an unguided bomb.
Atia Batool will be part of a six-member Rawalpindi Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) after completing a four-week course under the supervision of American experts.
University Officials said that the bombs were first found at 7:30am which is the busiest hour when the university buses do their duty of pick and drop rounds in the morning.
As per media reports, Unknown miscreants had planted two bombs of 4 kg each were installed along roadside.
Police said that three and a half kilogram bomb was planted in water-cooler placed in a taxi parked at Pandu Chowk.
On Tuesday, North Korean authorities (http://www.ibtimes.com/north-korea-says-it-successfully-tested-hydrogen-bomb-announcement-follows-51-2250993) announced that they had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, eliciting alarmed reactions from world leaders.
It is the biggest Second World War bomb discovered in the city in years, underlining why original plans to move the bomb to a safer location for a controlled detonation were abandoned.
In Sadr City, a car bomb exploded near the (Square 55), killing 3 people and wounding 10 others , in the New Baghdad district, the car bomb killed two people and wounded eleven others.
Big bomb: The US Air Force has reportedly upgraded its giant bunker-buster bomb so it can penetrate deeper into the ground before exploding.