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kerblam

kerblam interjection: a sudden, loud sound, as the sound of an explosion.

Interjection

  1. a sudden, loud sound, as the sound of an explosion
    Synonyms:
    kaboom

Verb

kerblam (third-person singular simple present kerblams, present participle kerblamming, simple past and past participle kerblammed)

  1. (figuratively, informal, rare) To explode.
    • And didn't he think her hair was hopeless, kerblamming out the way it did in the slightest bit of humidity?1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, →ISBN, page 211

Synonyms of kerblam

Forms of kerblam

third-person singular presentkerblams
present participlekerblamming
past participlekerblammed
pastkerblammed

Questions about kerblam

What does kerblam mean?
Kerblam means a sudden, loud sound, as the sound of an explosion.
What part of speech is kerblam?
Kerblam can be an interjection or a verb.

Words near kerblam in the dictionary

  1. Kerberoasting
  2. Kerberos
  3. Kerbers
  4. kerbing
  5. kerbings
  6. kerblam
  7. kerblammed
  8. kerblamming
  9. kerblammo
  10. kerblams
  11. kerbless

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