• Boom (containment), a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill
• Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle strung across a navigable stretch of water to control or block navigation
• Boom (sailing), spar at the foot of a sail on a sailboat
• Boom (windsurfing), a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment
• Boom (ship), a type of Arab sailing vessel
• Log boom, a barrier placed in a river
• Boom, the lifting part of a crane
• Boom microphone, used by a boom operator to record sound
• Boom, the rear fuselage of an aircraft, as in twin boom

• Sonic boom, the sound created by an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound
• Flourishing, a rapid growth
  • Economic boom, a time of rapid growth in wealth, as in a boom town
  • Latin American Boom, a literary movement in 1960s Latin America
  • Baby boom, a period marked by a greatly increased birth rate

Music

Performers

• Boom! (band), a pop band founded by Hear'Say member Johnny Shentall
• The Boom, a Japanese rock band
• Boom Gaspar (born 1953), piano/keyboard/organ player for the band Pearl Jam

Albums

• Boom (The Sonics album), 1966
• Boom (Mario Pavone album), 2004
• Boom (Garmonbozia album)

Songs

• "Boom" (Anastacia song), by American recording artist Anastacia, the official song for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
• "Boom" (Anjulie song), a 2008 song by Anjulie
• "Boom", from One Fierce Beer Coaster (1996) by the Bloodhound Gang
• "Boom" (Flight of the Conchords song), from the episode "Bret Gives Up the Dream"
• "Boom" (Mario song), a 2005 R&B single by Mario featuring Juvenile
• "Boom", from the 2008 album The Sound by gospel R&B duo Mary Mary
• "Boom" (P.O.D. song), a 2002 song by American rock band P.O.D. from Satellite
• "Boom" (Royce da 5'9" song), the first single from rapper Royce da 5'9"'s debut studio album Rock City
• "Boom" (Snoop Dogg song), a 2011 song by West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg
• "Boom", on the album Primitive by Soulfly
• "Boom!", on Steal This Album! by System of a Down
• "Boom!", on Taking One for the Team by Simple Plan
• "Boom" (T-Pain song), a 2008 special collaboration single with Filip Filippi, better known as Sin Sizzerb

Festivals

• Boom Festival, an electronic music festival in Portugal
• BOOM Festival, a former Yugoslav music festival

Films

• Boom! (film), a 1968 British drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Noël Coward
• Boom (film), a 2003 Bollywood film directed by Kaizad Gustad
• Il Boom, a 1963 film by Italian director Vittorio de Sica

Television

• Boom! (TV series), an American reality television series that aired in 2005
• Boom! (2015 TV series), an American game show with a time bomb theme
• Boom, the original title of the U.S. TV series Blood & Oil
• "Boom" (CSI), a first-season episode of C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation
• "Boom!" (Castle), the conclusion to a two-part arc of the TV series Castle
• Boom (Power Rangers), a character from the American TV series Power Rangers: S.P.D.
• BOOM (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a fourth-season episode of the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Other

• Boom! Studios, an American comics publisher
• Boom! (novel), a 2009 children's science fiction novel by Mark Haddon
• Boom (play), by Peter Sinn Nachtreib
• Boom (source port), a source port of the computer game Doom

• Boom, Belgium, a municipality
• Boom Mountain, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
  • Boom Lake, near the mountain
• Boom Gorge, a gorge on the Chu River in Kyrgyzstan
• Boom, Tennessee, a community in the United States
• Boom, Texas, former na