kaboom

plural kabooms · alternative kerboom

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

alternative kerboom

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

present singular third person kabooms · participle present kabooming · participle past kaboomed · past kaboomed · alternative kerboom

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

   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

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   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

   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

   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

   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