kaboom

kaboom

See also: ka-boom

English

Alternative forms

• kerboom (UK)

Etymology

From ka- +‎ boom. Compare kerboom.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

kaboom (plural kabooms)

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

Translations

sound of explosion

Finnish: jysäys, jytky (fi), jyrähdys (fi)

Interjection

kaboom

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

Translations

sound of an explosion

Chinese: Mandarin: 砰 (zh) (pēng), 劈裡啪啦 (zh), 劈里啪啦 (zh) (pīlǐpālā), 轟隆 (zh), 轰隆 (zh) (hōnglóng) Finnish: jytym Greek: καμπούμ (kampoúm)

Japanese: ボーン (bōn) Persian: بووم‎ (bûm) Russian: ба-ба́х (ba-báx) / баба́х (ru) (babáx), бах (ru) (bax), бум (ru) (bum), трах (ru) (trax), бух (ru) (bux), бац (ru) (bac) Thai: ตูม (dtoom)