variants:
or less commonly kaputt
Definition of kaput
1
: utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed
Their marriage is kaput.
2
: unable to function
The refrigerator is kaput.
—often used with go The engine suddenly went kaput.
3
: hopelessly outmoded
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The first known use of kaput was in 1895
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