kaboom
English
noun
Definitions
- The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.
Etymology
Prefix from English boom (a log, explosion sound, piece of wood).
Origin
English
boom
Gloss
a log, explosion sound, piece of wood
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiboom English
- boom English
- boomable English
- boomage English
- boomer English
- boometh English
- boomhouse English
- boomity English
- boomless English
- boomlet English
- boomlike English
- boomster English
- boomstick English
- boomtime English
- boomtown English
- boomy English
- bumpkin English
- kerboom English
- miniboom English
- nonboom English
- postboom English
- preboom English
- buumi Finnish
- boomen German
- bummen German
- boom Italian
- boom Dutch, Flemish
- boom French
- бум Russian
- boom Spanish, Castilian
- boom Portuguese
- ブーム Japanese
- boom Polish
- bum Albanian
- buum Estonian
- buum̧ Marshallese