- kerflooey
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adjective
Etymology: ker-, echoic prefix + flooey
Date: 1918
awry, kaput <go kerflooey>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
kerflooey
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kerflooey — /keuhr flooh ee/, adv. go kerflooey Informal. to cease functioning, esp. suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail: As soon as the storm hit, every light in town went kerflooey. [see KER , FLOOEY] * * * … Universalium
kerflooey — /keuhr flooh ee/, adv. go kerflooey Informal. to cease functioning, esp. suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail: As soon as the storm hit, every light in town went kerflooey. [see KER , FLOOEY] … Useful english dictionary
kerflooey — adjective kaput … Wiktionary
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break down — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To analyze] Syn. examine, investigate, dissect; see analyze 1 . 2. [To overcome] Syn. surmount, overwhelm, conquer; see defeat 1 , 2 . 3. [To malfunction] Syn. fail, stop, malfunction, go out of order, falter, misfire, give… … English dictionary for students
ker- — ☆ ker [kər ] [echoic] prefix forming words suggesting a thump, thud, explosion, etc.: used as a humorous intensifier [kerplunk, kerflooey] … English World dictionary
