boom box

noun

Informal.

1. a large, powerful portable radio and often cassette or CD player.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boom box¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Swift said that podcast clip, which went viral, felt almost like "he was standing outside of my apartment, holding a boom box saying, 'I want to go on a date with you'".

From BBC

She said the clip, which went viral, felt almost like "he was standing outside of my apartment, holding a boom box saying, 'I want to go on a date with you'".

From BBC

A Dead Kennedys song plays on a radio boom box, as a bell rings a brief warning each time a cylinder turns.

From Los Angeles Times

She hummed along with one of her church choir songs softly playing on an old boom box.

From Literature

The artists gathered in the lunch area and began gyrating to tunes from a boom box.

From New York Times