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Synonyms for kibosh

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahy-bosh, ki-bosh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkaɪ bɒʃ, kɪˈbɒʃ

Définition of kibosh

Origin :
  • 1836, kye-bosk, in slang phrase put the kibosh on, of unknown origin, despite intense speculation. The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but origin in early 19c. English slang seems to argue against this. One candidate is Irish caip bháis, caipín báis "cap of death," sometimes said to be the black cap a judge would don when pronouncing a death sentence, but in other sources identified as a gruesome method of execution "employed by Brit. forces against 1798 insurgents" [Bernard Share, "Slanguage, A Dictionary of Irish Slang"]. Or it may somehow be connected with Turkish bosh (see bosh).
  • noun stop
Example sentences :
  • Only be sure and say we must 'ave a day or so to work the spells and put on the kibosh.'
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But what in creation was it that put the kibosh all over me like that?
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • I sought (without great eagerness) the companionship of Kibosh.
  • Extract from : « How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee » by Owen Wister
  • Kibosh had arranged all our seats, and it is the best thing I know of him.
  • Extract from : « How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee » by Owen Wister
  • "Suggestions are now in order," said Kibosh, taking the chairman's seat.
  • Extract from : « How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee » by Owen Wister
  • "He is not married, Professor," said Kibosh, tapping the inkstand soothingly.
  • Extract from : « How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee » by Owen Wister
  • The rest of you high-brows seem to have put the kibosh on the old boy.
  • Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott
  • She's a princess, Tommy, and that puts the kibosh on my dreams.
  • Extract from : « Wings of the Wind » by Credo Harris
  • But if 'tisn't alive, 'tain't chin-music, but kibosh, and corpsey at that.
  • Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., September 20, 1890 » by Various
  • And it took us only one day to put the "kibosh" on that particular scheme.
  • Extract from : « The Road » by Jack London

Antonyms for kibosh

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