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1. : bomb sense 1a. 2. a. : one that is stunning, amazing, or devastating. The book was a political bombshell. b. : a person who is the cause and object of sensational and usually widespread attention, excitement, or attraction. a blonde bombshell [=a glamorously attractive blonde woman]
The term bombshell is a forerunner to the term "sex symbol" used to describe popular women regarded as very attractive. The Online Etymology Dictionary by Douglas Harper attests the usage of the term in this meaning since 1942. Bombshell has a longer history in its other, more general figurative meaning of a "shattering or devastating thing or ...
bombshell noun (WOMAN) [ C ] a very attractive person: a blonde bombshell. (Definition of bombshell from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
BOMBSHELL meaning: 1 : something that is very surprising or shocking usually singular; 2 : a very attractive woman usually used in the phrase {phrase}blond/blonde bombshell {/phrase} to refer to an attractive woman with blonde hair.
Something which arouses great interest or excitement; sensation; specif., a woman with remarkable sex appeal, typically one who is blond and buxom. Webster's New World One who is very attractive.
2a blond (e) bombshella very attractive woman with blond hair. See bombshell in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: bombshell. Definition of bombshell noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Earlier version. bomb-shell in OED Second Edition (1989) 1708–. = bomb n. 2. Often figurative (or in figurative phr.). A shattering or devastating act, event, etc. blonde bombshell, a fair-haired person, esp. a woman, of startling vitality or physique. 1708. Kill'd..by a piece of Bomb-Shell.
