Kaboom
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Kaboom is an onomatopoeia representing the sound of an explosion
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Kaboom may refer to:
Explosion
An explosion is a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. An explosion creates a shock wave. If the shock wave is a supersonic detonation, then the source of the blast is called a "high explosive"...
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Kaboom may refer to:
Film and television
- Kaboom (film)Kaboom (film)Kaboom is a 2010 film, written and directed by Gregg Araki. The film stars Roxane Mesquida, Thomas Dekker, Juno Temple, Haley Bennett, and James Duval...
, 2010 film directed by Gregg Araki - Kaboom!!Kaboom!!Kaboom!! is a variety TV show hosted by Paola Dominguez and Fernando Rico. They discuss sex, films and music. It airs on XHJUB-TV, a Televisa station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.-External links:***...
, a Mexican variety television show - "522666" (kaboom on a telephone keypad), episode #1-5 of the television series Millennium (see List of Millennium episodes)
- "Kaboom" (Parks and Recreation)Kaboom (Parks and Recreation)"Kaboom" is the sixth episode of the second season of Parks and Recreation, and the twelfth overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on October 22, 2009...
, a second season episode of Parks and Recreation - Key Atomic Benefits Office Of Mankind (K.A.B.O.O.M.), a fictional organization in the film The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of FearThe Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of FearThe Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad!. Priscilla Presley plays the role of Jane, with O.J. Simpson as Nordberg and George Kennedy as police captain Ed Hocken...
Entertainment
- Kaboom! (video game), an Atari 2600 video game
- Kaboom (comics), a series published by Awesome ComicsAwesome ComicsAwesome Comics or Awesome Entertainment was an American comic book studio formed in 1997 by Image Comics co-founder Rob Liefeld...
- KFOG KaBoomKFOG KaBoomKFOG KaBoom is an annual outdoor concert established in 1994 held by KFOG in San Francisco during May. It is followed by a fireworks show synchronized to a soundtrack broadcasted by the station. The extravagant fireworks display draws over 350,000 people...
, a yearly concert in San Francisco sponsored by KFOG - KABOOM!, the first full-length studio album of Chicago rock/pop band I Fight DragonsI Fight DragonsI Fight Dragons is a rock band from Chicago. Their music combines pop/rock songs with original electronic sounds made using Nintendo Game Boys and Nintendo Entertainment Systems. They have released 2 EPs, 2009's Cool Is Just a Number and 2010's Welcome to the Breakdown, and they released their...
Other uses
- KABOOM (breakfast cereal), produced by General Mills
- Kaboom, a tile cleaner manufactured by Church and DwightChurch and DwightChurch & Dwight Co., Inc. is a minor U.S. manufacturer of household products that is based in Princeton, New Jersey. While it manufactures many items, it is by far best known for its Arm & Hammer line which includes baking soda and many other items made with it. The company was founded in 1896 to...
- Slang for a 3 point shot in BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Kaboom, a single-speed bike made by the Kona Bicycle CompanyKona Bicycle CompanyKona Bikes is a bicycle company in Ferndale, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. It specializes in high-performance mountain bikes, racing and touring bicycles. The company name comes from the owners' love of Kailua-Kona in Hawaii....
- Kaboom, is a ginseng performance coffee named Kaboom Kahve
- KaBOOM!KaBOOM!KaBOOM! is an American non-profit organization that helps communities build playgrounds for children.-History:Darell Hammond and Dawn Hutchison founded KaBOOM! in 1996. They were inspired to start KaBOOM! after reading a story in The Washington Post about two local children who suffocated while...
, a U.S. non-profit organization that helps communities build local playspaces for children - Kaboom: A Soldier's War Journal, a military blog relating front-line experiences in the Iraq War
- Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War, an Iraq War memoir based on the above