Digital Underground

booyaka

interjection

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:32 a.m.

used to imitate the sound of a gunshot

Categories Onomatopoeia, Weapons

Collocates bang², buck², bring, bust, props, shot

Synonyms blaow, blucka, brap, buck

Related words boo-yah

Rhymes ruin ya, to ya

1993-10-05 Digital Underground "Wussup Wit' The Love" [The Body Hat Syndrome]
Boo-ya-kaw is the sound, brothers goin' down in the worst way
1993-10-19 Black Moon "Black Smif-N-Wessun" feat. Smif-N-Wessun [Enta Da Stage]
Boo-yaa-kaa! Mr. Ripper did the shooting
1993-10-19 Black Moon "Ack Like U Want It" [Enta Da Stage]
Boo-ya-kaa, check my foul and my style

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Origins of Cited Artists

KRS-One

booyaka

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:32 a.m.

a gun

Categories Onomatopoeia, Weapons

Collocates buck, club, rapper

Synonyms bammer, biscuit, burner, gat, heat, heater, iron, jammy, llama, ratchet, roscoe, steel, toast, tool, toolie, whistle

1993-09-03 KRS-One "Mortal Thought (I Must Roc The Mic)" [Return of The Boom Bap]
I come to the club with that booyaka
1994-09-13 Big Daddy Kane "Let Yourself Go" [Daddy's Home]
Booyaka go buck, rappers have no luck
1995-03-07 Nine "Da Fundamentalz" [Nine Livez]
Who's that nigga with the booyaka?

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