Meaning of kibosh | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Chiefly in put on the kibosh or put the kibosh on: something which checks or restrains.
   slang, uncountable
2. Bosh, nonsense.
   British, obsolete, rare, slang, uncountable
3. Chiefly preceded by the: fashion, style.
   British, obsolete, rare, slang, uncountable

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Examples

““What do you mean⟳ by hussies?” interrupted a champion of the other party, who has evinced a strong inclination to get⟳ up a branch fight⟳ on her own⟳ account. (“Hoo-roa,” ejaculates a pot-boy in a parenthesis, “put⟳ the kye-bosh on her, Mary.”)”

“Once or twice triumphant memories of the earlier incidents nerve his face⟳ for awhile. "I put⟳ the ky-bosh on his little game," he remarks.”

“It's one of my little chores as private secretary to smell⟳ out these revolutions and affix the kibosh before they break⟳ out and scratch⟳ the paint⟳ off the government property.”

“The right plan⟳ would be to put⟳ the complete⟳ kybosh (if I may use⟳ the expression) on your chances of becoming an alderman.”

“Robbing Peter to pay⟳ Paul. Gob, that puts the bloody kybosh on it if old sloppy eyes is mucking up the show⟳.”

“George put⟳ the kibosh on the Kirov case and now he's trying to get⟳ it right, flying solo in his old age.”

“I know⟳ because I worked with the Home Office and the service for many years to accomplish what became the envy of the world. It was being dismantled long before [Theresa] May took office – [David] Blunkett started the rot – but May has the ultimate kibosh.”

“Still I wish⟳ you a 'Appy New Year, if you care for the kibosh, old Chappie, / Though 'taint 'Igh Art Cards full o' gush and green paint⟳ 'll make⟳ you and me 'appy. / Wot we want⟳ is lucre and larks, love⟳ and lotion as much as you'll carry⟳!”

“Gar'n! Gives me the 'ump, all this kibosh 'bout morals, and taste⟳, and all that.”

“She was, in very Sooth, among the highest of the Rollers, but Hiram stood for the Bills with nary a Whimper. He was proud to be the Husband of the Lady Ki-Bosh of the Local Knickerbockers.”

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