boom goes the dynamite

phrase

Indicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. Indicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated.

    Boom goes the dynamite, scores are tied, and we are even-steven!

    2010 November 22, David Hoselton, “Small Sacrifices”, in House
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    Brown and Paden ride the Silverado chairway to heaven. And...boom goes the dynamite.

    2006 November, Susan Schnier, “The Bomb Squad: A day in the boots of Squaw Valley's snow-safety patrol”, in Skiing, page 126

    "Fine, have it your way." ¶ And boom goes the dynamite! ¶ I had won the battle.

    2006, Bradley Myers, I Was a Teenage Dumpeal, page 161

    In the next second, that is exactly what happened. Big Man made a wide Texas swing, left his chin open and boom! goes the dynamite.

    2011, Adrianne Byrd, King's Promise, page 69

Origin

Coined by Brian Collins, a college student from Ball State, during a collegiate basketball sportscast.

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APA

boom goes the dynamite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boom%20goes%20the%20dynamite

MLA

“boom goes the dynamite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boom%20goes%20the%20dynamite. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boom goes the dynamite,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boom%20goes%20the%20dynamite.

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