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ka-boom, int. and n. orig. U.S.
Brit. |kəˈbuːm|, |kaˈbuːm|, U.S. |kəˈbum|, |kɑˈbum|
Forms: 18– ka-boom, 18– ker-boom, 19– ca-boom; Forms with o occurring three or more times are also occas. attested.
[‹ ker- prefix (compare variants at that entry) + boom n.1]
A. int. Representing the sound of a loud explosion or bang.
1876E. Field Slug 14 The cannon pointed upwards—then kerchuck! Fix! snap! ker-boom! Slug 14's grotesque form Sails out to ride a race upon the storm. 1940Washington Post 9 Apr. 10/7 Ka-boom! Ka-boom! Ka-boom! 1980T. Wolfe Right Stuff (1981) viii. 173 Kaboom!—it blew up. 1996A. Fein et al. Simpsons Comics strike Back! 36/1 Ka-booom! 2001Games Master Mar. 21/2 Ka-boom... We'll come out and say it: this features some of the finest explosions in videogaming ever!
B. n. A loud bang or boom, as of an explosion.
1965Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 17 July 25/5 The bonanza of bangs and flashes and ka-booms would be enough to set any old circus horse out of his mind. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Mar. 20/3 The kaboom that seems to originate outside your kitchen window. 1995B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) xi. 144 Brightly pulsating machines, some of them playing electronic tunes or making unbidden kerboom noises. 2004Independent (Nexis) 11 Oct. (Features section) 5 Spacecraft explode with muffled thuds, not the usual ka-booms that, in the real world, the vacuum of space would render impossible. |