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/kəˈbuːm/ · noun
The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation..
Hearing that magic word, Spivak exploded, “I don’t have to listen to this shit!” and kaboomed the receiver in my ear.
The Steel Pier’s Diving Horse kaboomed the water tank.
And then a second explosion kaboomed. The ground beneath their feet shook and an even bigger rock fall littered the beach a few feet from them.
With the tunnel now open to the outside air, the roar of the Nor’easter outside kaboomed.
On my way out I kaboomed the school for luck. And touched lots of wood – both the gate and the apple tree.
The first swing of this World Series went kabooming into the Crawford Boxes … a pitcher who nearly just no-hit the Red Sox had one of the worst Game 1 starts in World Series history … and everybody got a hit for the Braves except Chipper Jones.
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Ka boom means The sound of an explosion, typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation..
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Hearing that magic word, Spivak exploded, “I don’t have to listen to this shit!” and kaboomed the receiver in my ear.
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