Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kit and caboodle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: kit and -ca-boo-dle
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Everything entirely, the whole lot.

adv

All together; as one.

American usage

Example Sentences

"“[…]There′ll be a kit and caboodle of our people waiting to set out.""
"Aye, you could sell your kit and caboodle, and really see New Orleans!"
"To have an economy that is sound and that works for all the people, Reagan′s entire “trickle-down” kit and caboodle must be tossed out behind him and replaced with an aggressive program of growth that “percolates up” from the grass roots."
"1954, Gordon Allport, cited in 2005, Steven J. Bartlett, The Pathology Of Man: A Study Of Human Evil, page 243, If I can put the Catholics into another category and reject them kit and caboodle, my life is further simplified."
"Lincoln moved its corporate headquarters, kit and caboodle, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Philadelphia in 1998."
"After burying Hiram she packed them up kit and caboodle and moved them to Tuskegee, the nearest big city, so she could find work."

Etymology

From kit + boodle.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

kit and kaboodle (alternative) whole kit and caboodle (alternative)

Synonyms

all the marbles bag and baggage everytang everything but the galley stove everything but the kitchen sink everything under the sun full monty hook line and sinker kit and caboodle lock stock and barrel

Questions

What does kit and caboodle mean?: Everything entirely, the whole lot.
Where does kit and caboodle come from?: From kit + boodle.

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