The Latin American Boom, a major current in Latin American literature in the second half of the 20th century

Boom, the name of a spar used on a crane

Boom (drum), a Caribbean drum, played in the music of Guyana and Montserrat; there is also a boom boom drum in the music of the Virgin Islands

Boom (game), an Australian game of soccer in which tackling is allowed

Boom (barrier), a floating barrier, usually a chain supported by interspersed buoyant elements, for blocking a waterway, such as a narrow harbour entrance or a river

"Boom" (Royce da 5'9" song), a song by Royce da 5'9"

Boom (source port), a source port of the computer game Doom

Boom (album), an album by The Sonics

A sound such as a sonic boom

A mechanical arm for holding equipment, such as a microphone

Boom (sailing), spar at the foot of a sail on a sail boat

"Boom" (CSI), a first-season episode of C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation

A clone of the Bomberman game

"Boom" (song), a song by Anastasia

Economic boom, time of rapid growth in wealth, as in a boom town

"Boom!" (song), a song recorded by System of a Down that has a video directed by Michael Moore

Boom (2003 film), a Bollywood film directed by Kaizad Gustad

Boom, Antwerp, a municipality in Belgium

Boom! (1968 film), directed by Joseph Losey and based on The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore by Tennessee Williams

Boom Gorge, a gorge on the Chu River in Kyrgyzstan

Boom Boom Boom Boom

Boom Boom Boom

Log boom, a barrier placed in a river, designed to collect and or contain floating logs timbered from nearby forests

Boom operator (media), an assistant to the production sound mixer

"Boom" (Mario song), a song recorded by Mario and Juvenile

BOOMTV, a proposed Canadian premium television service

Boom (windsurfing), a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment

Boom! (TV series), an American reality television series

An onomatopoeia for the sound of an explosion

A slang for the drug crystal methamphetamine. Usually refers to the process of freebasing the crystalline substance.