sonic boom

English

Noun

sonic boom (plural sonic booms)

  1. (physics, aerodynamics) The audible effect of a shock wave in the air, especially one caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.

Translations

Verb

sonic boom (third-person singular simple present sonic booms, present participle sonic booming, simple past and past participle sonic boomed)

  1. To produce such an effect.

References

  1. ^ Popular Mechanics March 1968, p 116