kaput

ka·put

adjective \kə-ˈpu̇t, kä-, -ˈpüt\

Definition of KAPUT

1

: utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed

2

: unable to function

3

: hopelessly outmoded

Variants of KAPUT

ka·put also ka·putt \kə-ˈpu̇t, kä-, -ˈpüt\

Examples of KAPUT

1. <once the Germans were forced to retreat from Stalingrad, the Nazi cause was kaput>
2. <hard-line Soviet-style Communism became kaput in Russia>

Origin of KAPUT

German kaputt, from French capot not having made a trick at piquet

First Known Use: 1895

Related to KAPUT

Synonyms

dead, done, doomed, finished, done for (also kaputt), ruined, sunk

Antonyms

functional, functioning, operable, operant, operating, operational, operative, running, working

Related Words

endangered, imperiled (or imperilled)

Near Antonyms

contemporary, current, mod, modern, new, newfangled, new-fashioned, present-day, recent, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute; fresh; modernized, refurbished, remodeled, renewed; functional, operable, operational, workable; active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, operating, operative

Rhymes with KAPUT

afoot, barefoot, bigfoot, birthroot, Blackfoot, board foot, claw-foot, clubfoot, cocksfoot, coltsfoot, crow's-foot, cube root, enroot, forefoot, hard put, hotfoot, input, on foot, outfoot, output, prop root, Rajput, redroot, shot put, snakeroot, splayfoot, square root, squawroot, taproot, throughput, trench foot, uproot, webfoot