kerblam

English

Interjection

kerblam

1. a sudden, loud sound, as the sound of an explosion

Synonyms

• kaboom

Verb

kerblam (third-person singular simple present kerblams, present participle kerblamming, simple past and past participle kerblammed)

1. (rare, figurative, informal) To explode.
   • 1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, →ISBN, page 211:

     And didn't he think her hair was hopeless, kerblamming out the way it did in the slightest bit of humidity?