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Definition of kaput adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kaput

adjective

/kəˈpʊt/

/kəˈpʊt/

[not before noun] (informal)

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not working correctly; broken
- The truck's kaput.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German kaputt, from French (être) capot ‘(be) without tricks in a card game’.

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