how to pronounce kibosh

/ˈkaɪ.bɒʃ/

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kibosh is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of kibosh in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… well we've been kibosh because no one's …”

meanings of kibosh

noun:

Fashion; style.
Nonsense, bosh.
A checking or restraining element. Only used in put the kibosh on.

verb:

To decisively terminate.

kibosh frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word kibosh occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics kibosh can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that kibosh can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;