3. by the book according to rule, according to Hoyle.
4. like a book completely, thoroughly, wholly, entirely, from A to Z; Inf. like the back of my hand, Inf. better than I know myself.
5. make book bet, gamble, wager, stake, Brit. punt. -v. 6. register, record, log, post, enter, enroll, insert, inscribe.
7. reserve, engage beforehand, charter.
8. schedule, slate, bill, program, Inf. line up. bookish, adj. 1. literary, lettered, literate, learned, erudite, educated, well-educated; conversant, knowledgeable, well-read, informed, well-posted, well-grounded, well-schooled, accomplished; intellectual, cerebral, brainy, highbrow or highbrowed; bibliophi-listic, bibliophilic; studious, scholarly, diligent, sedulous, conscientious, industrious, assiduous.
2. academic, theoretical, hypothetical, abstract, notional, ideational, speculative; unrealistic, impractical, ivory-towerish, utopian, visionary.
3. pedantic, pedantical, scholastic, pedagoguish, donnish, precise, punctilious, exact, meticulous, fastidious, fussy, finicky, particular; stilted, formal, stiff, stuffy, dry; rigid, narrow, hidebound; platitudinous, unimaginative, unoriginal, uninteresting; boring, dull, tedious, tiresome. bookkeeper, n. clerk, registrar, recorder, agent; accountant, certified public accountant, C.P.A., Both Brit, chartered accountant, C.A.; controller, comptroller, auditor; inspector, examiner, reckoner, analyst, Insurance, actuary, computer; cashier, teller, bookworm, n. bibliophage, ardent reader; scholar, bookman, walking encyclopedia; student, overachiever, SI. grind, Brit. SI. swot. See also bibliophile, boom, v. 1. resound, resonate, vibrate, trill, reverberate, echo; bang, blast, blare, clang, peal, ring, buzz, sound loudly; screech, shriek, wail, howS, whine, cry; clamor, bellow, roar, rumble, thunder, clap; explode, burst, report, shoot, shoot off or out, blow up, pop, go off, detonate.
2. progress, prosper, thrive, flourish, luxuriate, burgeon, mushroom; spring up, burst forth, develop vigorously, sprout, shoot up, rise; grow, wax, increase, gain, add to.
3. promote, campaign for, advance, boost, build up, talk up; advertise, publicize, broadcast, announce, make known; declare openly, promulgate, proclaim, herald, trumpet, ballyhoo, beat the drum; push, Inf. plug, Inf. hype, puff, vaunt.
-n. 4. booming, roaring, bellowing, rumbling, thundering; resonation, vibration, trilling, reverberation, echoing; banging, blasting, blaring, clamoring, clanging, pealing, ringing, buzzing; screeching, shrieking, wailing, howling, whining.
5. explosion, clap, bang, loud noise, report, shot, burst, pop, detonation.
6. increase, augmentation, addition, rise, gain, markup. boomerang, v. come back, return, rebound, spring back, resile, bounce back; recoil, reverse, backfire, backlash, come home to roost; ricochet, boon, n. benefit, advantage, plus, .blessing, favor, good thing; reward, present, gift, handsel, endowment, bestowal, largess; perquisite, fringe benefit, Inf. fringe, Inf. extra, bonus, dividend; raise, increase, promotion, advancement, furtherance, boor, n. 1. churl, curmudgeon, brute, barbarian, yahoo, Inf. goop, Chiefly Scot. tyke, Brit. SI. mucker; lout, oaf, dolt, clod, clodhopper, clodpoll or clodpole or clodpate, gawk, looby, lubber, ox, clown, slouch, Chiefly Scot. cuddy, Inf. lummox, SI. klutz, SI.