kaput
/kəˈpʊt
/adjective [predicative] informal
Broken and useless; no longer working or effective: the water pump’s broken, kaput...
- Now, he told me, the ‘big way’ of thinking is finished, kaput.
- I was just about done, finished, kaput, when I saw the sign up ahead.
- Well, my conspiracy was pretty much dead, kaput, nada.
Origin
Late 19th century: from German kaputt, from French (être) capot '(be) without tricks in a card game'; compare with capot.
This word meaning ‘no longer working’ comes from German kaputt, from French (être) capot ‘(be) without tricks in the card game of piquet’.
Rhymes
- superfix
- superflation
- superflow
- superfluence
- superfluent
- superfluently
- superfluid
- superfluidity
- superfluity
- superfluorescence
- superfluorescent
- superfluous
- superfluously
- superfluousness
- superflux
- superfly
- superfoetally
- superfoetate
- superfood
- superfoot
- superforce
- superfortress
- superfrontal
- superfruit
- superfund