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单词 the whole kit and caboodle
释义

caboodle

noun

ca·​boo·​dle kə-ˈbü-dᵊl How to pronounce caboodle (audio)
plural caboodles
: all the things of a group : collection sense 2, lot sense 5
decided to sell the whole caboodle [=everything]
Most pension checks go out monthly. However, some plans let you receive the entire caboodle in a single lump for reinvestment elsewhere. Playboy
Vendors crouch on plastic stools beside their seafood caboodle. Karen Coates
… standard caboodle is generous: a six-speaker stereo, cruise, power locks, fog lights, 16-inche alloy wheels, … John Phillips
often used in the phrase the whole kit and caboodle
Oh, it was agony, deciding which of those necessities to part with. But I even agreed to cram them all into one suitcase and just throw away the whole kit and kaboodle Mike Nichols

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The whole kit and caboodle is simply too big to be a failure. Michaela Zee, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022 Growing up, my tangerine-colored caboodle was filled with snap bracelets, Lancôme Juicy Tubes, and a hair gem bedazzler that my sisters and I stamped onto each other's hair strands for middle school dances and roller rink birthday parties. Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 11 July 2022 That’s the obviously chilling part of the whole kit and caboodle. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 July 2022 The whole kit and caboodle can make your head spin. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 May 2022 Why transfer the Warner caboodle to a modest and ill-suited player like Discovery instead of auctioning its valuable holdings to the likes of Amazon, Apple, Disney, Comcast or others? WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022 The English language is regrown from its historical roots in the basement of a maternity hospital, the whole caboodle goes completely mad in a brothel. Anne Enright, The New York Review of Books, 5 Jan. 2022 As long as the whole kit and caboodle is stored at below-freezing temperatures and in an airtight container, your soup should retain its original quality all winter long. Audrey Bruno, SELF, 29 Dec. 2021 Weiss deftly knifed Campbell, who, by 2017, was out as director, and Weiss became both president and chief executive officer, running the whole kit and caboodle. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably from ca- (intensive prefix) + boodle

First Known Use

circa 1848, in the meaning defined above

the whole kit and caboodle

phrase

1
as in lot
a number of things considered as a unit They brought the whole kit and caboodle to the picnic lunch.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • lot
  • collection
  • bunch
  • batch
  • cluster
  • array
  • assemblage
  • constellation
  • grouping
  • group
  • set
  • package
  • suite
  • battery
  • clump
  • block
  • parcel
  • series
  • variety
  • assortment
  • bank
  • band
  • mixture
  • clutch
  • passel
  • knot
  • huddle
  • accumulation
  • muster
  • clot
  • jumble
  • aggregation
  • odds and ends
  • aggregate
  • miscellany
  • sundries
  • hodgepodge
  • cycle
  • suit
  • conglomeration
  • agglomeration
  • run

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • single
  • unit
  • item
  • entity
2
as in grouping
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit The whole kit and caboodle showed up to the retirement party.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • grouping
  • lot
  • group
  • bunch
  • batch
  • band
  • cluster
  • party
  • parcel
  • battery
  • boodle
  • body
  • constellation
  • array
  • circle
  • collective
  • team
  • crew
  • platoon
  • crop
  • clutch
  • task force
  • organization
  • knot
  • school
  • assembly
  • round
  • squadron
  • battalion
  • consort
  • order
  • union
  • passel
  • gang
  • huddle
  • confederacy
  • brigade
  • ring
  • confederation
  • clique
  • fellowship
  • congregation
  • posse
  • phalanx
  • clan
  • coterie
  • faction
  • set
  • gathering
  • federation
  • sect
  • alliance
  • muster
  • league
  • outfit
  • coalition
  • gild
  • bloc
  • guild
  • brood
  • bevy
  • covey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • individual
  • single
3
as in sum
a complete amount of something It was all there, the whole kit and caboodle.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • sum
  • totality
  • whole
  • grand total
  • full
  • sum total
  • total
  • the whole shebang
  • the whole bit
  • the whole nine yards
  • summation
  • aggregate
  • entirety
  • bulk
  • gross
  • completeness
  • cumulativeness
  • comprehensiveness
  • mass
  • lion's share
  • enchilada
  • schmear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • net
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