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kaput
adjective ka·put \kə-ˈpu̇t, kä-, -ˈpüt\
: no longer working
: no longer able to continue : completely ruined or defeated
Full Definition of KAPUT
1
: utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed
2
: unable to function
3
: hopelessly outmoded
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Variants of KAPUT
ka·put also ka·putt \kə-ˈpu̇t, kä-, -ˈpüt\
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Origin of KAPUT
German kaputt, from French capot not having made a trick at piquet
First Known Use: 1895
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Rhymes with KAPUT
afoot, barefoot, bigfoot, birthroot, Blackfoot, board foot, claw-foot, clubfoot, cocksfoot, coltsfoot, crow's-foot, cube root, enroot, forefoot, hard put, hotfoot, input, on foot, outfoot, output, prop root, Rajput, redroot, shot put, snakeroot, splayfoot, square root, squawroot, taproot, throughput, trench foot, uproot, webfoot
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