kybosh

English[edit]

Alternative spelling of kibosh
- 1909 October – 1910 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “The Knock-out for Mr. Waring”, in Psmith Journalist, London: A[dam] & C[harles] Black, […], published October 1923, →OCLC, page 239:
  The right plan would be to put the complete kybosh (if I may use the expression) on your chances of becoming an alderman.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 321:
  Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Gob, that puts the bloody kybosh on it if old sloppy eyes is mucking up the show.

kybosh (third-person singular simple present kyboshes, present participle kyboshing, simple past and past participle kyboshed)