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Kibosh is slang for nonsense.Kibosh is British slang for an eighteen month prison sentence.Kibosh is British slang for eighteen pence.
a word or deed that ruins an undertaking; a black cap worn by Irish Judges in giving the death sentence
eighteen pence (i.e., one and six, 1/6, one shilling and sixpence), related to and perhaps derived from the mid-1900s meaning of kibosh for an eighteen month prison sentence. Cassells implies an interesting possible combination of the meanings kibosh (18 month sentence), kibosh (meaning ruin or destroy) - both probably derived from Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect) words meaning suppress - with the linking of money and hitting something, as in 'a fourpenny one' (from rhyming slang fourpenny bit
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Vrb phrs. To put an end to (something). E.g."We all went home after their parents put the kibosh on the drinking."
Noun. To end, to terminate, to finish off. E.g."We were kiboshed as soon as we set off." See 'put the kibosh on'.
Put the kibosh on is slang for frustrate, ruin, prevent, jeopardise, or jinx.
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to frustrate plans - "My dad put the kibosh on my plans for Spring Break."
to frustrate plans - "My dad put the kibosh on my plans for Spring Break."
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To put the kibosh on is slang for to terminate, to destroy or to ruin.
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