Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kablooie

/kəˈbluːi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kablooie
IPA: /kəˈbluːi/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"to go kablooie"
"it went kablooie"
"The bottle of ketchup hit the floor and went kablooie all over everything."

Etymology

ka-, an intensifier used with onomatopoeia, plus (probably) an imaginative rendition of an explosion or splash.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

ka-blooey (alternative) ka-blooie (alternative) kablooey (alternative) kerblooey (alternative) kerblooie (alternative) kerplooie (alternative)

Derived Forms

blooey

Questions

How do you pronounce kablooie?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈbluːi/.
What does kablooie mean?: A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
Where does kablooie come from?: ka-, an intensifier used with onomatopoeia, plus (probably) an imaginative rendition of an explosion or splash.

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