kaboom
/kəˈbuːm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.
intj
An explosion; the word is typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.
Example Sentences
- "Hearing that magic word, Spivak exploded, “I don’t have to listen to this shit!” and kaboomed the receiver in my ear."
- "The Steel Pier’s Diving Horse kaboomed the water tank."
- "And then a second explosion kaboomed. The ground beneath their feet shook and an even bigger rock fall littered the beach a few feet from them."
- "With the tunnel now open to the outside air, the roar of the Nor’easter outside kaboomed."
- "On my way out I kaboomed the school for luck. And touched lots of wood – both the gate and the apple tree."
- "The first swing of this World Series went kabooming into the Crawford Boxes … a pitcher who nearly just no-hit the Red Sox had one of the worst Game 1 starts in World Series history … and everybody got a hit for the Braves except Chipper Jones."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: ka