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Examples of boom box in a Sentence
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In one photo, a bunch of teens crowd into the frame, in which somebody’s giant boom box takes pride of place.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
While the return of the boom box on season 16 is no secret, Kandy reveals a hilarious story about how the bulky prop made it to the season 13 set with help from a fellow RuGirl.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2024
Unlike a record player—or the reel-to-reel tape player—the boom box was both portable and commensurate with the scale and the volume of the city.
—Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
The two most consequential innovations in the tape player, however, were the boom box and the Sony Walkman personal stereo.
—Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
In 1980s New York, hip-hop was the soundtrack of the city, blaring through the neighborhoods on boom boxes and blasting groups like Run-DMC.
—Bobby Gehlen, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2023
The Radio Raheem boom box in the Smithsonian’s collection used to be owned by Gene Siskel.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023
This 35-millimeter film highlights graffiti art, boom boxes and scratch-mixing, OG style.
—Sally Verrando, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has some 300 hip-hop-specific artifacts, including a Technics turntable used by Grandmaster Flash and the boom box carried by Radio Raheem in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1981, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Boom box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boom%20box. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
boom box
noun
: a large portable radio and often tape deck or CD player with two attached speakers
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