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ba dum tss

ba dum tss is the alternative form of ba-dum ching.

Meaning of ba-dum ching

Interjection

  1. Used to underscore or acknowledge a joke.
    • She gave it a little spin as it came off her right arm, then sent it flying. It landed on his head with aplomb, and she laughed. "Ba-dum, ching!"2005, Julie Kenner, Night Moves
    Synonyms:
    boom-boom

Questions about ba dum tss

What is ba dum tss the alternative form of?
Ba dum tss is the alternative form of ba-dum ching.

Words near ba dum tss in the dictionary

  1. Ba Chúc
  2. ba construction
  3. ba da bing ba da boom
  4. Ba Duan Jin
  5. ba dum tish
  6. ba dum tss
  7. ba gua zhang
  8. ba zhang
  9. ba'
  10. Ba'al
  11. Ba'alim

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ba dum tss (page history and authors); ba-dum ching (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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