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katamari

katamari noun: something which rolls up other objects, growing increasingly large.

Noun

katamari (plural katamari or katamaris)

  1. Something which rolls up other objects, growing increasingly large.
    • ... a lawyer from Washington says he met Obama on Mars after listening to David Wilcock discuss jump rooms on UFOs, somewhere back behind all the extra details that have been tacked on at every point in this chain like a katamari2013, S Peter Davis, Occam's Nightmare, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 5
    • Also, like a katamari, she tended to destroy things in her path. I would miss her. Hopefully marriage wouldn't change her too much.2017 March 14, Max Wirestone, The Astonishing Mistakes of Dahlia Moss, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Forms of katamari

pluralkatamari
pluralkatamaris

Origin of katamari

From Japanese 固(かた)まり (katamari, “clump”), popularized by the 2004 video game Katamari Damacy and its sequels, in which players have to roll everyday objects into huge balls.

Questions about katamari

What does katamari mean?
Katamari means something which rolls up other objects, growing increasingly large.
What part of speech is katamari?
Katamari is a noun.
What is the plural of katamari?
The plural of katamari is katamari.

Words near katamari in the dictionary

  1. katalytic
  2. katalyze
  3. katalyzed
  4. katalyzes
  5. katalyzing
  6. katamari
  7. Katamatite
  8. Katamatite East
  9. katamorphism
  10. katana
  11. katanagari

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