adj.
Variant: also ka · putt
Pronunciation: k ə - ' pu ̇ t, kä-, - ' püt
Function: adjective
Etymology: German kaputt, from French capot not having made a trick at piquet
Date: 1895
1 : utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed
2 : unable to function : USELESS <my battery went kaput ― Henry James Jr.>
3 : hopelessly outmoded