boom box

noun

: a usually large portable stereophonic radio and tape or CD player

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Armed with their boom boxes and cassette tapes, the boys braved the stench and recorded songs. — Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025 This could quite possibly be one of the coolest builds for your tween—a roller skate that can be transformed into a skateboard or a boom box. — Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 27 Nov. 2025 Strong had secretly asked the sound mixer and prop department to prepare a cassette with the song on it and have the boom box in the room. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2025 Luis even rigged up their old kitchen boom box to play The Black Keys' cover of the song while Alyona read the note. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boom box

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boom box was in 1981

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boom box

noun
: a large portable radio and often tape deck or CD player with two attached speakers
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