kaboom

English

Alternative forms

• kerboom (UK)

Etymology

From ka- +‎ boom. Compare kerboom.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

kaboom (plural kabooms)

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

Translations

sound of explosion

• Finnish: jysäys (fi), jytky (fi), jyrähdys (fi)

Interjection

kaboom

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

Translations

sound of an explosion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砰 (cmn) (pēng), 劈裡啪啦 (cmn), 劈里啪啦 (cmn) (pīlǐpālā), 轟隆 (cmn), 轰隆 (cmn) (hōnglóng)

• Finnish: jytym (fi)
• Greek: καμπούμ (el) (kabúm)

• Japanese: ボーン (ja) (bōn)
• Persian: بووم (fa) (bûm)
• Russian: ба-бах (ru) (ba-báx) / бабах (ru) (babáx), бах (ru) (bax), бум (ru) (bum), трах (ru) (trax), бух (ru) (bux), бац (ru) (bac)
• Thai: ตูม (th) (dtoom)