bookkeeping
The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
General tasks for maintaining a system.

bookkeepings
plural of bookkeeping

booklearning
Rare form of book-learning.

booklegging
The illicit publication and distribution of banned books.

booknapping
present participle and gerund of booknap

bookplating
present participle and gerund of bookplate

bookrunning
The work done by a bookrunner.

bookscape
A notional landscape of books or literature.

bookscapes
plural of bookscape

bookshelving
Shelving for the storage of books; bookshelves collectively.

bookstops
plural of bookstop

booleanizing
present participle and gerund of booleanize

booling
present participle and gerund of bool

boom
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
To flourish, grow, or progress.
To make (something) boom.
To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
To cause a sonic boom.
To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
To publicly praise, to rally behind.
To rush forwards with such violent intensity that it generates a sustained, overwhelming, roaring noise; especially from the perspective of a bystander who has been suddenly subjected to it.
To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
To cause to advance rapidly in price.

boomage
A fee charged by the owner of a boom for its use in storing logs.
A fee charged for the use of the area where a boom is tied.

boomed
simple past and past participle of boom

booming
Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth.
Loud and resonant.
Delivered with aggressive loudness; blaring; vociferous.

boomings
plural of booming

booms
plural of boom

boomshoot
Syllabic abbreviation of boomer shooter.

boomvangs
plural of boom vang

boondock
A brushy, rural area or location.
A shot that strikes a squopped wink and sends it flying far away.

boondocked
simple past and past participle of boondock

boondocking
present participle and gerund of boondock

boondocks
plural of boondock

boondoggling
present participle and gerund of boondoggle

boonies
Boondocks.

boosing
present participle and gerund of boose

boost
A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.

boosted
simple past and past participle of boost

boostering
present participle and gerund of booster

boosting
present participle and gerund of boost

boostings
plural of boosting

boosts
plural of boost

bootblacking
present participle and gerund of bootblack

boothaling
foraging for booty; plundering

bootjacking
present participle and gerund of bootjack

bopeeping
present participle and gerund of bopeep

borderlining
present participle and gerund of borderline

borderlinking
The linking together of borderspaces.

boreholing
present participle and gerund of borehole

borming
present participle and gerund of borm

boroughmongering
The practices of a boroughmonger.

borrying
present participle and gerund of borry

borylating
present participle and gerund of borylate

bosonising
present participle and gerund of bosonise

bosonizing
present participle and gerund of bosonize

boster
A particularly impressive and admirable person or thing.

bosters
plural of boster

botanising
present participle and gerund of botanise

botanizing
present participle and gerund of botanize

botherating
present participle and gerund of botherate

botoxing
present participle and gerund of botox

botrytising
present participle and gerund of botrytise

botrytizing
present participle and gerund of botrytize

botting
present participle and gerund of bot

bottlenecking
present participle and gerund of bottleneck

bouching
present participle and gerund of bouche

bouffing
present participle and gerund of bouffe

bouldering
Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.

bouleversing
present participle and gerund of bouleverse

bouling
present participle and gerund of boule

boulster
Archaic form of bolster.

boulstering
present participle and gerund of boulster

boult
Alternative form of bolt (“to sift”).

boulted
simple past and past participle of boult

boulting
present participle and gerund of boult

boultings
plural of boulting

boults
third-person singular simple present indicative of boult

bounce
To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
To move rapidly (between).
To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account).
To leave.
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
To have sexual intercourse.
To attack unexpectedly.
To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.
To return undelivered.
To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
To render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added.
To bully; to scold.
To boast; to bluster.
To strike or thump, so as to make a sudden noise upon rebound; to knock loudly.
To race poorly after a successful race.

bouncebacks
plural of bounceback

bounced
simple past and past participle of bounce

bounces
plural of bounce

bouncing
Healthy; vigorous.
Excessively big; whopping.

bouncings
plural of bouncing

bouning
present participle and gerund of boun

bourding
present participle and gerund of bourd

bourgeoisifying
present participle and gerund of bourgeoisify

bourgeoising
present participle and gerund of bourgeois

bourgeoning
present participle and gerund of bourgeon

bourgeonings
plural of bourgeoning

bouting
present participle and gerund of bout

bovinizing
present participle and gerund of bovinize

bovrilising
present participle and gerund of bovrilise

bovrilizing
present participle and gerund of bovrilize

bovvering
present participle and gerund of bovver

bowcatting
present participle and gerund of bowcat

bowdlerising
present participle and gerund of bowdlerise

bowdlerizing
present participle and gerund of bowdlerize

boweling
present participle and gerund of bowel

bowelling
present participle and gerund of bowel

bowering
present participle and gerund of bower

bowing
present participle and gerund of bow (all senses)

bowings
plural of bowing

bowning
present participle and gerund of bowne

bowster
Obsolete form of bolster.

bowsters
plural of bowster

bowstringing
present participle and gerund of bowstring

bowwowing
present participle and gerund of bowwow

boxcarring
Synonym of cattle trucking (“diagnostic feature of retinal artery occlusion caused by the segmentation of the blood column within the retinal vessels”).

boxhauling
present participle and gerund of boxhaul

boycotting
present participle and gerund of boycott

boycottings
plural of boycotting

boyfriending
The act of being a boyfriend.

boying
present participle and gerund of boy

boyling
present participle and gerund of boyle

boymoding
present participle and gerund of boymode

boyremoving
present participle and gerund of boyremove