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King needs a place for bust
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kaput
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"finished, worn out, dead," 1895, from German kaputt "destroyed, ruined, lost" (1640s), which in this sense probably is a misunderstanding of the phrase capot machen , a partial translation of French faire capot , a phrase which meant "to win all the tricks ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done for(p) , kaput(p) , gone(a) ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ All three phones were kaput .
Usage examples of kaput.
Their artificial-gravity system was kaput, and so the two men blacked out.
Parr threw it down, grabbed some ammunition, and returned to the CP to tell Howard that the Piat was kaput.
Today the washing machine and the tumble dryer were kaput, and it was warmer out than in.