blooey! excl.
1. (orig. US) used to mimic the sound of an explosion.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | in Zwilling TAD Lex. (1993) 18: [Picture of chicks emerging from their shells:] Blooey, blooey. | |
| ‘Horseshoes’ in Coll. Short Stories (1941) 262: Jack happened to meet it and — Blooie! Down the left foul line where he always hits! | |
| What Outfit, Buddy? 86: Bang! Bluey! Smash! | |
| in Limerick (1953) 19: A young Juliet of St. Louis / On a balcony stood, acting screwy. / Her Romeo climbed, / But he wasn’t well timed, / And half-way up, off he went—blooey! | |
| (con. 1917–18) War Bugs 140: Then BLOOIE – The entire front blew up. | |
| Prison Nurse (1964) 114: Blooie! the lid is off! | |
| ‘Too Much Pep’ in Runyon on Broadway (1954) 641: Out of this automobile comes a big blooey-blooey, with four guys letting go with sawed-off shotguns. | |
| Letters Home (1944) 2 Dec. 123: When Blooie, before I could get on deck two depth charges went off in the stern. | |
| Blackboard Jungle 251: Is that how they fired people? Just a few visits from the Department Chairman and then blooie? | |
| Widow Barony 169: ‘You should have seen ‘em shoot those guys. Nobody said a word. Blooey! And two guys are down’. | |
| Glitter Dome (1982) 63: ‘BLOOO-EEE!’ Herman III yelled. | |
| Gardens of Stone (1985) 239: When BLOOEY! The same mortar round that got me, got him. |
2. used to denote failure, collapse (see also go blooey ).
| Black Mask Aug. III 35: It takes time to get that on the phone, and when I do – blooey – Coe hasn’t been there. | |
| Reporter 122: Aha! Blooey the story. What’s the diff. Nobody knows. | |
| Round the Clock at Volari’s 17: ‘Jake was soft for her. [...] Then one day blooey! Jim Chase moves in and it’s bye-bye Jake!’ . |
In phrases
to explode suddenly, to go wrong, to fail, to break down.
| ‘The New Fable of the Aerial Performer’ in Ade’s Fables 208: The Market had gone Blooey. [...] The Whole List was on the Blinkety Fritz. | |
| Day Book (Chicago) 21 Oct. 17/1: He knows how things would all go blooie in a few days if I left. | |
| Hand-made Fables 285: He had to find an Occupation or else go Blooey. | |
| ‘Thirty Days on the Island’ in Argosy 3 Jan. 🌐 The boss [...] had visions of the whole case goin’ blooie. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Leave it to Psmith (1993) 510: Every time you get going nicely, in barges some alien influence and the Muse goes blooey. | |
| Manhattan Transfer 123: Look here kid, you’re goin blooy if you keep up like this. | |
| ‘Down in the Mohawk Valley’ in Hobo’s Hornbook 51: And then things all went blooey and they throwed me in the can. | |
| Postman Always Rings Twice (1985) 192: When I start to figure, it all goes blooey. | |
| ‘Grappling Trilby’ in Popular Sports June 🌐 You get slammed for a touchdown [...] And blooie goes our hard-earned rep! | |
 | Feather Merchants 117: Careful you don’t get that dynamite too warm holding it. A little overheating and she’ll go blooie, just like that [W&F]. | |
| , | | DAS. |
| The Same Old Grind 19: ‘The machine just went blooey again’. | |
| Skull Session 243: Feel free to go blooie, if you must. I love a spectacle. | |
| (con. 1964–8) Cold Six Thousand 105: Pete and Boyd stole some dope. Things went blooey. The Boys got very mad. | |
| Widespread Panic 213: His noxious news: last night’s trace went blooey. |