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kaboom

noun
/kəˈbuːm/

Etymology

From ka- + boom. Compare kerboom.

  1. borrowed from bommen
  2. borrowed from bummen
  3. prefixed as kaboom — “ka + boom”

Definitions

  1. The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted…

    The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.

  2. An explosion itself.

  3. An explosion

    An explosion; the word is typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To make such a sound (at something)

      To make such a sound (at something); to explode.

      • Hearing that magic word, Spivak exploded, “I don’t have to listen to this shit!” and kaboomed the receiver in my ear.
      • The Steel Pier’s Diving Horse kaboomed the water tank.
      • And then a second explosion kaboomed. The ground beneath their feet shook and an even bigger rock fall littered the beach a few feet from them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for kaboom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA