boomer

Meanings

Plural: boomers

Noun

• a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
  • "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers"
• Something that makes a booming sound.
• A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
• A device used to bind or tighten chain.
• A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
• A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae).
• An adult male kangaroo.
• A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
• A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
• A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence.
• Alternative letter-case form of Boomer (“Oklahoma settler”).
• Ellipsis of baby boomer.
• An elderly person, regardless of generation.
• A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology.

Synonyms

baby boomer, chain binder, sewellel, sewellel beaver