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baby boom
noun
: a time when there is a great increase in the number of babies born
Full Definition of BABY BOOM
: a marked rise in birthrate (as in the United States immediately following the end of World War II)
— baby boomer noun
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First Known Use of BABY BOOM
1880
Rhymes with BABY BOOM
anteroom, banquet room, birthing room, boiler room, city room, coffee room, common room, counting room, cutting room, elbow room, family room, impostume, Jacquard loom, keeping room, ladies' room, living room, locker-room, lumber room, nom de plume, powder room, ready room, rumpus room, sitting room, smoking room, sonic boom, standing room, straw mushroom, tiring-room, waiting room, wiggle room, women's room, witches'-broom
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