kablooie

English

Alternative forms

ka-blooey, ka-blooie
kablooey
kerblooey, kerblooie, kerplooie

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈbluːi/
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Noun

kablooie (uncountable)

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

it went kablooie

The bottle of ketchup hit the floor and went kablooie all over everything.

Derived terms

blooey

Further reading

“kablooey”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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