kaput

(kə po̵ot′, -po̵̅o̅t′)

adjective

Slang ruined, destroyed, defeated, etc.: the toaster is kaput

Origin: Ger kaputt, lost, ruined, broken < Fr (faire) capot, to lose all tricks (as in piquet) < capster, to capsize

See kaput in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also ka·putt

adjective
Informal

Incapacitated or destroyed.

Origin:

Origin: German kaputt

Origin: , from French capot, not having won a single trick at piquet

Origin: , possibly from Provençal

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