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kablooie

/kəˈbluːi/

kablooie interjection: a failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.

Interjection

  1. (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
    • to go kablooie
    • it went kablooie

Forms of kablooie

alternative formka-blooey
alternative formka-blooie
alternative formkablooey
alternative formkerblooey
alternative formkerblooie
alternative formkerplooie

Origin of kablooie

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

Words formed from kablooie

Questions about kablooie

What does kablooie mean?
Kablooie means a failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
What part of speech is kablooie?
Kablooie is an interjection.
How do you pronounce kablooie?
Kablooie is pronounced /kəˈbluːi/.

Words near kablooie in the dictionary

  1. kabitkas
  2. Kabiye
  3. kablam
  4. kablammo
  5. kablooey
  6. kablooie
  7. kabloona
  8. kabloonas
  9. kabloonat
  10. kabluna
  11. kablunas

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