English Dictionary

kibosh

[ˈkaɪˌbɑʃ]

noun

(slang) A checking or restraining element. Only used in put the kibosh on and put on the kibosh. / (slang, dated) Nonsense, bosh. / (slang, dated) Fashion; style.

I put the kibosh on their plans.

意味（1）

(slang) A checking or restraining element. Only used in put the kibosh on and put on the kibosh.

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.

意味（2）

(slang, dated) Nonsense, bosh.

'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. ('Hooroar,' ejaculates a pot-boy in parenthesis, 'put the kyebosk on her, Mary!)

意味（3）

(slang, dated) Fashion; style.

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.