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socket
Noun
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A socket is a space that something fits into exactly. For example, an electrical device plugs into an electrical socket.
bomb
Noun
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A bomb is a weapon that explodes.
On August 6, a U.S. B-29 dropped a 9,000-pound atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
One U.S. soldier and two Iraqi children were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in central Baghdad.
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If something, often a movie or a concert, was a bomb, it was very unsuccessful.
The first computer was a bomb, but IBM improved it and the new machine sold very well.
bomb
Verb
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If you bomb a place, you drop or put one or more bombs there.
This woman's mother and son were killed when American planes bombed the village.
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If you bomb somewhere, you go there at high speed.
They walked up the mountain with their bikes and then bombed down as fast as they could go.
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If you bomb a test, course, etc., you get a very low grade on it.
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If something, often a movie or a concert, bombs, it is very unsuccessful.
The show bombed in London as well as flopping on Broadway.