kablooie

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Usage notes 1.5 Alternative spellings

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

kablooie (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.

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

[edit] Usage notes

Most frequently used in the phrase to go kablooie or it went kablooie.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• ka-blooey, ka-blooie, ka-bloowey
• kablooey, kablooie, kabloowey
• kerblooie
• kerplooie