Lexic.us

Definition of Bombshell

1. Noun. An entertainer who has a sensational effect. "She was a blonde bombshell"

2. Noun. A shocking surprise. "News of the attack came like a bombshell"

3. Noun. An explosive bomb or artillery shell.

Definition of Bombshell

1. n. A bomb. See Bomb, n.

Definition of Bombshell

1. Noun. a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact ¹

2. Noun. something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational ¹

3. Noun. (context: by extension) someone who is very attractive (compare ''sex symbol'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bombshell

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombshell

bombmaker bombmakers bombmaking bombo bombogenesis bomboora bombooras bombora bomboras bombos

bombproof bombproofed bombproofing bombproofs bombs bombshells bombsight bombsights bombsite bombsites

bombycid bombycid moth bombycids bombycine bombycinous bombycoid bombykol bombykols bombylious

Literary usage of Bombshell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"THE ORIGIN OF bombshell ORE. BY HM CHANCE. , (Read May 15, ... The term " bombshell" ore is applied by miners and iron-masters to hollow masses of ..."

2. My Adventures with Your Money by George Graham Rice (1913)
"A bombshell IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP AS soon as the ... libel suits against the Engineering fy Mining Journal was a bombshell. It was formal notice to the forces ..."

3. The South Sea Islanders and the Queensland Labour Trade: A Record of Voyages by William T. Wawn (1893)
"One of them ROASTING A bombshell. >W - had travelled, and knew that white men rendered iron soft enough to be cut by putting it in fire. ..."

4. Irish Pictures by Richard Lovett (1888)
"It dates from 1633, and in the porch, which also contains a bombshell fired into the bombshell AND TABLET IN THE PORCH OF LONDONDERRY CATHEDRAL. town during ..."

5. Our Dishonest Constitution by Allan Louis Benson (1914)
"CHAPTER X HENRY FORD'S bombshell HENRY FORD, in 1914, did what the best constitution could not have done — he cracked the shell of hell. ..."

6. The History of the Forty-eighth Regiment New York State Volunteers, in the by Abraham John Palmer (1885)
"Expedition to Port Royal Ferry—Report of Colonel Perry—Back to Camp— Flags Presented—Captain Ward Resigns—Private Reilly and the bombshell—Captain QA ..."

7. Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy by John Mullin Batten (1881)
"... past the batteries on the right bank of the river above Plymouth, and bore down upon the United States steamers Southfield and bombshell, and sunk them. ..."

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