KAPUT


Meaning of KAPUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ adjective ]

also ka·putt kə-ˈpu̇t, kä-, -ˈpüt

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.