The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BOMB
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What does BOMB mean?
BOMB noun- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
- A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- A large amount of money.
- (social) Something highly effective or attractive.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
- A woman’s breast.
- A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
- An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- To fail dismally.
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
- To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- To make oneself drunk.
- (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
- Great, awesome.