Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
kaboom en · INTJ
Pronunciation
/kəˈbuːm/
Etymology
From ka- + boom. Compare kerboom. Consider Italian tapum.
Meanings
(qualifier:mimesis) An explosion; the word is typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.
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kerboom
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Translations (20)
fa بووم (sound of an explosion) · cmn 砰 (sound of an explosion) · fi jytym (sound of an explosion) · ru ба-ба́х (sound of an explosion) · ru трах (sound of an explosion) · th ตูม (sound of an explosion) · pt cabum (sound of an explosion) · nl kaboem (sound of an explosion) · cmn 轟隆 /轰隆 (sound of an explosion) · ru бум (sound of an explosion) · el καμπούμ (sound of an explosion) · pt bum (sound of an explosion) · ru бах (sound of an explosion) · ja ボーン (sound of an explosion) · cmn 劈裡啪啦 /劈里啪啦 (sound of an explosion) · ru бац (sound of an explosion) · pt pum (sound of an explosion) · ru баба́х (sound of an explosion) · hu bumm (sound of an explosion) · ru бух (sound of an explosion)
From ka- + boom. Compare kerboom. Consider Italian tapum.
Meanings
The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.
An explosion itself.
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kerboom
alternative
lexicographic
kabooms
Number=Plur
lexicographic
Translations (11)
fi jytky (sound of explosion) · ja ドッカン (sound of explosion) · id jeder (sound of explosion) · yo gbàù (sound of explosion) · pl łubudu (sound of explosion) · id duar (sound of explosion) · ja ドカン (sound of explosion) · fi jysäys (sound of explosion) · fi jyrähdys (sound of explosion) · hu bumm (sound of explosion) · ja ドカーン (sound of explosion)
From ka- + boom. Compare kerboom. Consider Italian tapum.
Meanings
(ambitransitive, informal) To make such a sound (at something); to explode.
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. 2008, Cindy Dees, chapter 16, in The Medusa Affair (Mills & Boon Intrigue), Richmond, London: Mills & Boon, →ISBN, page 233:
On my way out I kaboomed the school for luck. And touched lots of wood – both the gate and the apple tree. 2016, Dawn McNiff, chapter 26, in How Not to Be Weird, London: Piccadilly Press, →ISBN, page 168:
The first swing of this World Series went kabooming into the Crawford Boxes … a pitcher who nearly just no-hit the Red Sox had one of the worst Game 1 starts in World Series history … and everybody got a hit for the Braves except Chipper Jones. 2021 October 27, Jayson Stark, “Charlie Morton’s heroics and Jorge Soler’s history-making home run — Jayson Stark’s Weird and Wild”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024:
With the tunnel now open to the outside air, the roar of the Nor’easter outside kaboomed. 2013, Michael Alexiades, “McManus”, in Night Harvest: A Novel, Nashville, Tenn.; New York, N.Y.: Turner Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 343:
Hearing that magic word, Spivak exploded, “I don’t have to listen to this shit!” and kaboomed the receiver in my ear. 2006, Jeff Bukantz, “Better Than Medals”, in Closing the Distance: Chasing a Father’s Olympic Fencing Legacy, Boston, Mass.: Acanthus Publishing, →ISBN, page 99:
The Steel Pier’s Diving Horse kaboomed the water tank. 2007, W[illiam] S[imone] Di Piero, “Frankie’s Birthday Party”, in Chinese Apples: New and Selected Poems, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 121: