KIT AND CABOODLE
noun
1.
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
2.
the case for containing these.
3.
such a case and its contents.
5.
Informal. a set, lot, or collection of things or persons.
verb (used with object)
8.
to package or make available in a kit: a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist.
9.
Chiefly British. to outfit or equip (often followed by out or up ).
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Kit and caboodle
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
10.
kit and caboodle/boodle, Informal. the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often preceded by whole ): We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English kyt, kitt < Middle Dutch kitte jug, tankard
1325–75; Middle English kyt, kitt < Middle Dutch kitte jug, tankard
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kit1 (kɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a set of tools, supplies, construction materials, etc, for use together or for a purpose: a first-aid kit; a model aircraft kit |
| 2. | the case or container for such a set |
| 3. | a. a set of pieces of equipment ready to be assembled |
| b. (as modifier): kit furniture | |
| 4. | a. clothing and other personal effects, esp those of a traveller or soldier: safari kit; battle kit |
| b. informal clothing in general (esp in the phrase get one's kit off) | |
| 5. | (NZ) a flax basket |
| 6. | informal the whole kit, the whole kit and caboodle everything or everybody |
| [C14: from Middle Dutch kitte tankard] | |
| kit2 (kɪt) | |
| —n | |
| a kind of small violin, now obsolete, used esp by dancing masters in the 17th--18th centuries | |
| [C16: of unknown origin] | |
| kit3 (kɪt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an informal or diminutive name for kitten |
| 2. | a cub of various small mammals, such as the ferret or fox |
| [C16: by shortening] | |
| kit4 (kɪt) | |
| —n | |
| (NZ) a plaited flax basket | |
| [from Māori kete] | |
| KIT | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| keep in touch | |
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Word Origin & History
kit
"round wooden tub," 1275, probably from M.Du. kitte "jug, tankard, wooden container," of unknown origin. Meaning "collection of personal effects," especially for traveling (originally in ref. to a soldier), is from 1785; that of "outfit of tools for a workman" is from 1851. Kit and caboodle is 1861,
from boodle "lot, collection," perhaps from Du. boedel "property."
kit
"small fiddle used by dancing teachers," 1519, probably a shortening of O.E. cythere, from L. cithara, from Gk. kithara (see guitar).
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Slang Dictionary
kit and caboodle definition[ˈkɪt næ kəˈbudlæ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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