kablooie
English
Alternative forms
- ka-blooey, ka-blooie
- kablooey
- kerblooie, kerplooie
Etymology
ka-, an intensifier used with onomatopoeia, plus (probably) an imaginative rendition of an explosion or splash.
Pronunciation
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Noun
kablooie (uncountable)
- (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- The bottle of ketchup hit the floor and went kablooie all over everything.
Usage notes
Most frequently used in the phrase to go kablooie or it went kablooie.
Derived terms
- blooey