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kerboom

kerboom is the alternative form of kaboom.

Meaning of kaboom

Noun

kaboom (plural kabooms)

  1. The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.
  2. An explosion itself.

See all 4 meanings of kaboom

Forms of kerboom

pluralkerbooms

Origin of kerboom

From ker- + boom.

Questions about kerboom

What is kerboom the alternative form of?
Kerboom is the alternative form of kaboom.

Words near kerboom in the dictionary

  1. kerblammo
  2. kerblams
  3. kerbless
  4. kerblike
  5. kerblooey
  6. kerboom
  7. kerbooms
  8. kerbs
  9. Kerbses
  10. kerbside
  11. kerbsides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kerboom (page history and authors); kaboom (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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