Meanings
- a sudden, loud sound, as the sound of an explosion
Synonyms: kaboom
present singular third person kerblams · participle present kerblamming · participle past kerblammed · past kerblammed
- figurativelyinformalrareTo explode.
And didn't he think her hair was hopeless, kerblamming out the way it did in the slightest bit of humidity?
1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, →ISBN, page 211
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectiona sudden, loud sound, as the sound of an explosion
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kerblam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kerblam
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