kaboom

== English == === Alternative forms === kerboom (UK) === Etymology === From ka- +‎ boom. Compare kerboom. Consider Italian tapum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈbuːm/ Rhymes: -uːm === Noun === kaboom (plural kabooms) The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation. An explosion itself. ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === kaboom (mimesis) An explosion; the word is typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === kaboom (third-person singular simple present kabooms, present participle kabooming, simple past and past participle kaboomed) (ambitransitive, informal) To make such a sound (at something); to explode. === Descendants === → Dutch: kaboem (possibly) === Anagrams === Maboko