誤爆

誤爆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誤	爆
ご Grade: 6	ばく Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 誤 (ご) (go, “mistake”) + 爆 (ばく) (baku, “bomb”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ba̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

誤爆(ごばく) • (gobaku)

1. bombing wrong target
2. explosion by mistake
3. (Internet slang) posting comment on wrong place

Verb

誤爆(ごばく)する • (gobaku suru) (transitive, suru conjugation, stem 誤爆(ごばく)し (gobaku shi), past 誤爆(ごばく)した (gobaku shita))

1. to bomb wrong target
2. to explode by mistake
3. (Internet slang) to post comment on wrong place

Related terms

• 誤 (ご)射 (しゃ) (gosha, “incorrectly firing; friendly fire”)