Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put the kibosh on

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: put the k-i-bosh on
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To halt, stop, or squelch.

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Someone really needs to go put the kibosh on that noisy party."
"("Hoo-roa," ejaculates a pot-boy in a parenthesis, "put the kye-bosh on her, Mary.")"
"For Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser; / Europe took the stick and made him sore; / On his throne it hurts to sit, / And when John Bull starts to hit, / He will never sit upon it any more."
"I'm not sure how it became a trope to call second albums "sophomore." But if Olivia Rodrigo's debut, Sour, hadn't become one of the biggest releases of 2021, winning her a Grammy for best new artist and putting the kibosh on her post–high school plans, the 20-year-old might be a literal sophomore now."

Etymology

See kibosh.

Usage

Inflected Forms

puts the kibosh on (present, singular) putting the kibosh on (participle, present)

Questions

What does put the kibosh on mean?: To halt, stop, or squelch.
Where does put the kibosh on come from?: See kibosh.

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