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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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  1. 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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