kablooie

English

Alternative forms

• ka-blooey, ka-blooie
• kablooey
• kerblooey, kerblooie, kerplooie

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈbluːi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

kablooie (uncountable)

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

   to go kablooie

   it went kablooie

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

Derived terms

• blooey

Further reading

• “kablooey”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.