drop a bomb(shell) — Go to drop a brick … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bomb(shell) — 1. Unexpected shock. 2. drop a bomb(shell) Cause a very unpleasant surprise … A concise dictionary of English slang
drop a brick — AND drop a bomb(shell) tv. o reveal startling information. □ Tracy came in and dropped a brick that scared us all. □ You really dropped a bombshell! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bomb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. [bomb]shell; slang, flop (See failure). See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. weapon, missile, high explosive, charge, bombshell, grenade; see also explosive , mine 2 , nuclear bomb , shell 2 . Types of… … English dictionary for students
bomb — Synonyms and related words: A bomb, Grand Guignol, H bomb, Passion play, Tom show, aerial bomb, antimasque, antipersonnel bomb, astonishment, atom bomb, atomic bomb, audience success, ballet, batter, be a gas, be a hit, bill, blast, blitz,… … Moby Thesaurus
List of Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG episodes — This is a list of episodes from the second anime series of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2004–2005), known as Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Each episode has both a title and a subtitle. Unlike in the first series, the second… … Wikipedia
Cluster bomb — Cluster munitions or cluster bombs are air dropped or ground launched munitions that eject a number of smaller submunitions: a cluster of bomblets. The most common types are intended to kill enemy personnel and destroy vehicles. Submunition based … Wikipedia
Soviet atomic bomb project — The fathers of the Soviet nuclear program, Dr. Andrei Sakharov (left) with Dr. Igor Kurchatov (right) … Wikipedia
Pumpkin bomb — Pumpkin bombs were conventional high explosive aerial bombs developed by the Manhattan Project and used by the United States Army Air Forces against Japan during World War II. The name pumpkin bomb resulted from the large ellipsoidal shape of the … Wikipedia
Butterfly Bomb — A Butterfly Bomb, or (Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2 kg or SD2) was a German 2 kilogram anti personnel submunition used by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. It was so named because the thin cylindrical metal outer shell which hinged open when… … Wikipedia
bombshell — bomb|shell [ bam,ʃel ] noun count INFORMAL 1. ) an event or piece of news that is unexpected and shocking: The announcement of job losses came as a total bombshell. drop a bombshell (=give an unexpected and shocking piece of news): Anna suddenly… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
