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kaput
[ kah-poot, -poot, kuh- ]
adjective
- ruined; done for; demolished.
- unable to operate or continue:
The washing machine is suddenly kaput.
kaput
/ kæˈpʊt /
adjective
- informal.postpositive ruined, broken, or not functioning
Word History and Origins
Origin of kaput1
Word History and Origins
Origin of kaput1
Idioms and Phrases
- go kaput, Slang. to cease functioning; break down:
The old car finally went kaput.
Example Sentences
We’re going to lose such a lot of digital history if Twitter goes kaput without warning.
Because he played for the Mets, for whom no downturn is complete without drivetime-radio fodder, he also responded to booing in kind, at which point any hope for a happy introductory season went kaput.
At the end of the battery life, models with a built-in battery are kaput.
I wear them religiously all season, and then they’re basically kaput by the time the next year rolls around.
That includes losses in countries such as Nigeria, where 41 percent of refrigerators were nonfunctional, and Ethiopia, which had about 30 percent of its cold-chain equipment go kaput.
And his other franchise, Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, is probably kaput.
When he emerged from his drunken stupor, his relationship with Methot was kaput.
Breaking Bad—one of the greatest television dramas of all time, with a finale that attracted 10.3 million viewers—is kaput.
The best idea for Depp, then, would be to embrace this idea that the category of “box-office star” is kaput, for him at least.
He thinks the fling is kaput, even though Alex threatens suicide when he leaves.
When remonstrated with, they just laughed and said: "Kaput czar, kaput Russia—kaput tout," and that is all there was to it.
Soon I shall take to drinking; then I shall be "Kaput" veree quick.
They think we are 'kaput' too; they only look to the end of the war.
Soon I shall take to drinking, then I shall be 'Kaput' very quick.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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