kit and caboodle
kit and caboodle · kit and caboodles
Everything entirely, the whole lotEverything entirely, the whole lot.
» They came with kit and caboodle.
Sie kamen mit Kind und Kegel. — freddy1
freddy1 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesEverything entirely, the whole lot.
everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
Examples
2 sentencesThey came with kit and caboodle.
deSie kamen mit Kind und Kegel. — freddy1
They went out to get the whole kit and caboodle.
Origin
From kit + boodle.From kit + boodle.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: kit and caboodlesSynonyms
30 synonymshookB2lockA2all the marblesbag and baggageeverything but the galley stoveeverything but the kitchen sinkeverything under the sunfull montythe whole bang shootthe whole nine yardswhole ball of waxwhole hogwhole enchiladawhole package
Close in meaning
- everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’:whole shebangwhole kit and caboodlewhole kit and boodlekit and boodlewhole kitwhole caboodlewhole worksworks
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.