Definition of boomer in English:
boomer
noun
1 informal
short for baby boomer- ‘the younger generation have to live with the effects longer than the boomers do’
- ‘the cultural references might have made sense to boomer audiences in the early 80s’
2 informal Something large or notable of its kind.
- 2.1Australian A large male kangaroo.‘I didn't see the old boomer 'roo who startled me (as I startled him) on Bare Bluff earlier this week at dawn.’
- ‘No, male kangaroos (boomers) don't have pouches. Only females do.’
- ‘There's not much in the Australian outback that can give a fully grown 'boomer' a hard time.’
- 2.2A large wave.wave, breaker, roller, comber, billow
- 2.1Australian A large male kangaroo.
3US informal A nuclear submarine with ballistic missiles.
4US informal A transient construction worker, especially a bridge builder.
5US informal
another name for mountain beaver- ‘I didn't see the old boomer 'roo who startled me (as I startled him) on Bare Bluff earlier this week at dawn.’
- ‘No, male kangaroos (boomers) don't have pouches. Only females do.’
- ‘There's not much in the Australian outback that can give a fully grown 'boomer' a hard time.’
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