"asplode" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈsploʊd/ Forms: asplodes [present, singular, third-person], asploding [participle, present], asploded [participle, past], asploded [past]
Etymology: Lax pronunciation of explode. Possibly popularized by Strong Bad Email, an animated Internet cartoon associated with Homestar Runner. Head templates: {{en-verb}} asplode (third-person singular simple present asplodes, present participle asploding, simple past and past participle asploded)
  1. (humorous) To explode. Wikipedia link: Homestar Runner Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-asplode-en-verb--xNl3kvv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Lax pronunciation of explode. Possibly popularized by Strong Bad Email, an animated Internet cartoon associated with Homestar Runner.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asplodes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asploding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asploded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asploded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1959, Jane Duncan, My friends the Miss Boyds, page 158:",
          "text": "'It's going to asplode, sure enough!' said Alasdair, jumping with excitement.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 January 12, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #94: video games”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Vector Strong Bad:",
          "text": "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 March 12, Darla Vladschyk <darla4695@gmail.com>, “Warning: This Might Make Your Head Asplode.”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet), message-ID <b65521848377795d>:",
          "text": "Warning: This Might Make Your Head Asplode.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To explode."
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      "id": "en-asplode-en-verb--xNl3kvv",
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          "humorous",
          "humorous"
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        [
          "explode",
          "explode"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) To explode."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Homestar Runner"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsploʊd/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "asplode"
}
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  "etymology_text": "Lax pronunciation of explode. Possibly popularized by Strong Bad Email, an animated Internet cartoon associated with Homestar Runner.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asplodes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asploding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asploded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asploded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1959, Jane Duncan, My friends the Miss Boyds, page 158:",
          "text": "'It's going to asplode, sure enough!' said Alasdair, jumping with excitement.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 January 12, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #94: video games”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Vector Strong Bad:",
          "text": "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 March 12, Darla Vladschyk <darla4695@gmail.com>, “Warning: This Might Make Your Head Asplode.”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet), message-ID <b65521848377795d>:",
          "text": "Warning: This Might Make Your Head Asplode.",
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        "To explode."
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        "(humorous) To explode."
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      "tags": [
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Homestar Runner"
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsploʊd/"
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