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caboodle
ca·boo·dle C0006800 (kə-bo͞od′l)n. Informal 1. The lot, group, or bunch: donated the whole caboodle.2. A crowd or collection of people.
[Alteration of boodle.]caboodle (kəˈbuːdəl) ninformal a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)[C19: probably contraction of kit1 and boodle]ca•boo•dle (kəˈbud l)
n. Informal. the lot, pack, or crowd: Get rid of the whole caboodle. [1840–50, Amer.] Caboodle U. S. Slang, the whole amount; the lot, usually in (the whole) kit and caboodle.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | caboodle - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"bunch, lotaggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
Translationscaboodle
the whole kit and caboodleAll the parts of a group of things. I had a collection I'd been putting together for nearly 25 years, and burglars stole the whole kit and caboodle. John has some awesome camping gear, and he let us borrow the whole kit and caboodle for the weekend.See also: and, caboodle, kit, wholekit and caboodleAll the parts of a group of things. The phrase "the whole kit and caboodle" is often used. I had a collection I'd been putting together for nearly 25 years, and burglars stole the whole kit and caboodle. John has some awesome camping gear, and he let us borrow the kit and caboodle for the weekend.See also: and, caboodle, kitwhole kit and caboodleInf. a group of pieces of equipment or belongings. (The word caboodle is used only in this expression.) When I bought Bob's motorhome, I got furniture, refrigerator, and linen—the whole kit and caboodle. The salesman managed to sell John the whole kit and caboodle.See also: and, caboodle, kit, wholewhole kit and caboodle, theEverything, every part, as in He packed up all his gear, the whole kit and caboodle, and walked out. This expression is a redundancy, for kit has meant "a collection or group" since the mid-1700s (though this meaning survives only in the full idiom today), and caboodle has been used with the same meaning since the 1840s. In fact caboodle is thought to be a corruption of the phrase kit and boodle, another redundant phrase, since boodle also meant "a collection." See also: and, kit, wholethe whole caboodle BRITISH, AMERICAN or the whole kit and caboodle BRITISHIf you talk about the whole caboodle or the whole kit and caboodle, you mean the whole of something. You can borrow the tent and equipment — the whole caboodle — if you like. They have financed the whole kit and caboodle. Note: The usual American expression is the whole ball of wax or the whole enchilada. Note: `Caboodle' may come from the Dutch word `boedal', meaning `property'. See also: caboodle, wholethe whole caboodle (or the whole kit and caboodle) the whole lot. informal Caboodle may come from the Dutch word boedel meaning ‘possessions’.See also: caboodle, wholethe ˌwhole caˈboodle, the ˌwhole kit and caˈboodle everything: I had new clothes, a new hairstyle — the whole caboodle.This idiom originally came from the Dutch word boedel, meaning ‘possessions’.See also: caboodle, wholekit and caboodle (ˈkɪt næ kəˈbudlæ) n. everything; all parts and property. (Often with whole.) I want you out of here—kit and caboodle—by noon. She moved in to stay, kit and caboodle. See also: and, caboodle, kit the (whole) kit and caboodle Informal The entire collection or lot.See also: and, caboodle, kitkit and caboodle, (the whole)Everything; all of it. Several writers speculate that caboodle comes from the Dutch boedel, meaning a large quantity, whereas kit has long meant a set of tools or equipment for a specific purpose, such as a tool kit or makeup kit. However, the OED maintains that caboodle is a corruption of kit and boodle, and gives quotations for whole caboodle (1838), kit and cargo (1852), kit and boiling (1859), and finally, the hul kit and boodle (1861). They all meant the same thing—“the lot.”See also: and, kitkit and caboodleThe entire thing. A “kit” is a collection of items, such as a tool kit or a sewing kit. “Caboodle,” comes from “boodle,” is a collection of people. This 19th-century phrase was frequently misheard as “kitten caboodle,” causing the mishearer to look around for a young feline.See also: and, caboodle, kitcaboodle
Related to caboodle: kit and caboodleSynonyms for caboodlenoun any collection in its entiretySynonymsRelated Words- aggregation
- collection
- accumulation
- assemblage
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