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kaboom

  • /kəˈbuːm/

Rhymes with -uːm

Where it comes from

From ka- + boom. Compare kerboom. Consider Italian tapum.

noun kabooms · kerboom

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

interjection kerboom

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

verb kabooms · kabooming · kaboomed · kerboom

  1. ambitransitive, informal To make such a sound (at something); to explode. Hearing that magic word, Spivak exploded, “I don’t have to listen to this shit!” and kaboomed the receiver in my ear.

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Every language

noun sound of explosion

日本語ドカン dokan, ドカーン dokān, ドッカン dokkan

intj sound of an explosion

日本語ボーン bōn
中文砰 pēng, 劈裡啪啦 /劈里啪啦 pīlǐpālā, 轟隆 /轰隆 hōnglóng
Portuguêscabum, bum, pum
Ελληνικάκαμπούμ kampoúm
Русскийба-ба́х ba-báx, баба́х babáx, бах bax, бум bum, трах trax, бух bux

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"kaboom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kaboom. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

kaboom. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kaboom

Chicago

"kaboom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kaboom.

BibTeX
@misc{kaboom_2026,
  title = {kaboom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kaboom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}