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Definition: SPOOM |
SPOOMIntransitive verb1. To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles. |
Note: Spoom \Spoom\, intransitive verb. [Probably from spum foam. See Spume.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spoom | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words ending with "oom": Cloom, Coom, Sloom, Stoom. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "m-o-o-p-s" | |
-1 letter: moos, mops, oops, poms. | |
-2 letters: moo, mop, mos, oms, ops, pom, som, sop. | |
-3 letters: mo, om, op, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-o-o-p-s" | |
+1 letter: compos, oomphs, promos. | |
+2 letters: compose, compost, mopokes, morphos, oompahs, oosperm, opossum, pogroms, pomelos, pompoms, pompons, pompous, prosoma, shampoo, topmost. | |
+3 letters: complots, comports, composed, composer, composes, composts, compotes, empoison, imporous, impostor, ipomoeas, isomorph, lampoons, liposome, metopons, myoscope, omphalos, oosperms, opossums, polyomas, polysome, pompanos, popedoms, postform, promisor, promotes, prosomal, prosomas, rollmops, shampoos, smokepot, taprooms, tompions, toponyms, zoosperm. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 50 4F 4F 4D |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01010000 01001111 01001111 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S P O O M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0050 004F 004F 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5350494947 |
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