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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound;
- Example: "a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sonic boom
    n 1: an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane
         traveling faster than the speed of sound; "a sonic boom
         follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship"