Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sonic_boom

1 sense of sonic boom

Sense 1
sonic boom -- (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")
       => shock wave, blast wave -- (a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity; "the explosion created a shock wave")