Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light hearted conversation.
- interj. The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light hearted conversation.
Etymologies
- From ka- + boom. Compare kerboom. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Neighbor Stella White, 79, said she woke up to a loud "kaboom" and saw fire reflecting off her bedroom window.”
The Huffington Post: 3 Family Members Die In Freak Electrocution
“Buh-bye to you, Tancredo, with a final "kaboom" at the end of that farewell.”
“I thought, what the hell is coming in so low, and, 'kaboom'.”
“CHETRY: Oh, I thought you said "kaboom" was the network.”
“We don't want to tick you off, y'know … because of the whole "kaboom" thing.”
Why Pastors Punt on Political Issues - Doug Giles - Townhall Conservative
“WNYMedia site "kaboom" ... not working ... can't file Sabres story.”
“The problem has gone 'kaboom' since about last summer, and we're sick and tired of it," says Warren County Emergency Management Director Frank Young.”
“Fu#k! last chance veer into wind-take aim make sure and steady as a rock. kaboom! pellets frisking wing of feathers flitting down in frisky wing. shake of tail and hardly glimmer at the pest down on the earth, flies that dabnaggin dead bird!”
“Lord Phillip gestured at me with a piece of copper in the shape of a rod, and lightning rushed along its length, striking me and igniting the methane in one big kaboom.”
“Range safety firing is another risk, but outright engine kaboom is a statistically significant risk. anonymous”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kaboom’.
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ker- and ka- words
Usually interjections and/or onomatopoeic.
kerplunk, kerslap, kerchunk, kerwhack, kerslop, kerwallop, kerflop, kerthump, kerslam, kerflummux, kerbang, kaboom and 7 more...
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onomatopoeias (2 syllable)
2 syllable words that mean what they sound like. (dictionaried or un-dictionaried | onomatopoeic in nature)
onomatopoeias (1 syllable) | onomatopoeias (3+ syllables)
( op...wobble, sputter, spatter, flutter, giggle, hiccup, mumble, murmur, jangle, rattle, sizzle, rustle and 21 more...
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Cartoonish
wham, eek, bang, kaboom, boohoo, kerpow, wallop, argh, ouch, yipes, *sigh*, aiee and 7 more...
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Non-Scrabble words
Common words not in any officially recognised scrabble dictionary, including CSW2012.
No need to add variations (plurals etc.), just the base form will do. No words requiring spaces, punctua...beaner, crema, conman, fakest, fakeness, figgy, kaboom, laggy, nutjob, pide, pissy, roadmap and 14 more...
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words
my words. my mind. my gosh.
try not to enjoy it too much.git, ghoti, sauce, quail, querulous, quarrelsome, reliability, untoward, incongruities, fission, fanatic, apple and 206 more...
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Onomatopoeia words
Onomatopoeia are words or phrases that imitate the sound they are meaning to describe.
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Don Martin
Sound affects by the ridiculous cartoonist Don Martin
toob, tweeb, sklishk, kachunk-kachunka-..., ging, zap, zap-pow, thwizzit!, zzzzzz, sploydoing, shlik, plablablabl and 213 more...
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eesome
Includes any intangible conceivable independently of Hom. Sap.
depthless, overspire, unsteady, thitherward, rile, munchable, covet, pastinaceous, mirtle, slonk, tink, inerrarable and 345 more...
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kenspeckle's Words
kenspeckle, milquetoast, effluvium, kaboom, maelstrom, ennui, alpenglow, defenestration, schadenfreude, autochthonous, obstreperous, lachrymose and 124 more...
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Inner B
Words with the letter b within the word, not just as the initial or last letter.
remember, maybe, able, unable, nimble, cable, reusable, thimble, cymbal, capable, tremble, enable and 143 more...
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Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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Korniko's Words
quixotic, existential, archaic, black, cheap, laser, jungle, tropical, listed, festive, survey, blind and 87 more...
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Andre's list
porch, tantrum, temper tantrum, act up, pushchair, fussy eater, laps, sit on a lap, stacking blocks, pull toy, waddle, cranky and 46 more...
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Whomp!
There it is.
Onomatopoeic impacts.whomp, thwack, smack, skoosh, slap, thump, squish, squelch, thud, whump, wham, bam and 24 more...
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Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate sounds.
bam, bamf, bang, boom, snikt, ping, plink, plonk, boing, whoosh, kaboom, crash and 68 more...
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basurablanca's Words
ascertain, copasetic, antediluvian, kaboom, hellacious, recalcitrant, insouciant, conflagration, cathect, menagerie, precarious, egregious and 131 more...
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