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kaput

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ka·put also ka·putt  (kä-pt, -pt, k-)
adj. Informal
Incapacitated or destroyed.

[German kaputt, from French capot, not having won a single trick at piquet, possibly from Provençal.]

kaput [kæˈpʊt]
adj
(postpositive) Informal ruined, broken, or not functioning
[from German kaputt done for, from French être capot to have made no tricks (literally: to be hoodwinked), from capot hooded cloak]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.kaput - destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"

kaput
adjective (Informal) broken, finished, dead, destroyed, ruined, wrecked, undone, extinct, defunct, dead in the water (informal) His film career was kaput.
Translations
kaput [kəˈpʊt] ADJ
1. [object] → kaput
to be kaputestar kaput
2. [organization] now he's dead the whole company is kaputahora que ha fallecido, la empresa se ha ido al traste
kaput [kəˈpʊt] adjkapout inv, HS inv(= hors service)
to be kaput → être kapout, être HS
The washing machine seems to be kaput → La machine à laver a l'air kapout or HS.
kaput
adj (inf)kaputt (inf)
kaput [kəˈput] adj (fam) → kaputt inv


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