Definition of kablooey
informal
: the sound of an explosion
- heard a loud kablooey
- Then, kablooie! A power outage shut down three big-box stores …
- —Mitchell Landsberg
- So what determines confidence? The actual level of debt has some influence — but it's not as if there's a red line, where you cross 90 or 100 percent of GDP and kablooie.
- —Paul Krugman
- … conveying a story of corporate greed and institutional carelessness while hitting the viewer with all the taut, big-budget kablooey they can handle.
- —Brad Wheeler
- This wasn't Gaga's party. Even through all the airborne pomp and pyrotechnic kablooey, she ultimately seemed like a guest — and one who didn't want to overstay her welcome.
- —Chris Richards
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go kablooey
also
go kablooie
or
go kerblooey
informal
1
: to burst violently : explode
- What plays best of all, of course, is a spaceship going kablooey all over the screen.
- —Tad Friend
- So is this something homeowners should consider? A spate of municipal water pipes going kerblooey last spring might prompt some to think so.
- —David Lazarus
2
: to suffer complete failure, destruction, or ruin especially in a sudden or spectacular way
- One of several prize prospects of the mid-80s, he tried a comeback with the Rangers after his career went kablooey.
- —Kevin Sherrington
- … went public … just a few months before the technology-stock bubble went kablooey.
- —Scott Barancik et al.
