kablooie

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
kablooie

Plural
uncountable

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.

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