Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - bomb

~1 n 1 »WEAPON« a weapon made of material that will explode  (A bomb was planted at the railway station.)  (- see also atom bomb, hydrogen bomb, letter bomb, neutron bomb, stink bomb, time bomb) 2 the bomb used to describe nuclear weapons, and especially the hydrogen bomb  (a `ban the bomb' campaign) 3 cost a bomb BrE informal to cost a lot of money 4 go like a bomb BrE informal a) if a car goes like a bomb, it can travel very quickly b) if a party goes like a bomb, it is very successful 5 make a bomb BrE informal to get a lot of money by doing something +out of  (If you could get some of that cheap pottery back to England, you could make a bomb out of it.) ~2 v 1 to attack a place by leaving a bomb there, or by dropping bombs on it from a plane  (The town was heavily bombed in World War II.) 2 BrE informal to move or drive very quickly  (Suddenly a police car came bombing down the high street.) 3 AmE informal to fail a test very badly  (I bombed my mid-term.) 4 especially AmE if a play bombs, it is not successful  (His latest play bombed on Broadway.) bomb sth out ~ phr v if a building or the people in it are bombed out, the building is completely destroyed  (a bombed out town)