kaput
adjAU, UK /kəˈpʊt/ · UK /kəˈpɵt/
Etymology Borrowed from German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”). Cognate to Dutch kapot. Doublet of capot and capote.
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Informal Out of order; not working.
- My car went kaput.
- The vending machine is kaput.
4 more examples
- His career is kaput.
- Her marriage went kaput.
- German propaganda loudspeaker: […] The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT. Captain Miller: "The Statue of Liberty is kaput" – huh, that's disconcerting.1998, Saving Private Ryan (motion picture):
- In the book, his conclusion is simple: capitalism is kaput, celebrity charity won’t plug holes, revolution is the only solution. Yet it also feels like a bit of a cop-out: he insists all this can be achieved through love, peace and understanding.2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2022: