kablooie
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
ka-, an intensifier used with onomatopoeia, plus (probably) an imaginative rendition of an explosion or splash.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kablooie (uncountable)
- (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- to go kablooie
- it went kablooie
- The bottle of ketchup hit the floor and went kablooie all over everything.
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Further reading edit
- “kablooey”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.