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Meaning of cowabunga | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˌkæɔəˈbaŋɡə/

Definitions

Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy.

humorous, slang, usually

Examples

“Cowabunga, dude!”
“Kowa-Bunga! Then Me Fix You Good! You Be Sorry.”
“Shouting the surfer's cry ‘Cowabunga!’ they climb a 12-ft. wall of water and ‘take the drop’ off its shoulder.”
“Both words turn up in the same sentence—as in ‘Cowabunga, it's humongous!’—when the children crowd around some toy.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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