kit

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[ kit ]
/ kɪt /
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noun

verb (used with object), kit·ted, kit·ting.

to package or make available in a kit: a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist.
Chiefly British. to outfit or equip (often followed by out or up).

Idioms for kit

    kit and caboodle/boodle, Informal. the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often preceded by whole): We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon.

Origin of kit

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1325–75; Middle English kyt, kitt < Middle Dutch kitte jug, tankard

Words nearby kit

kistna, kistvaen, kisumu, kiswah, kiswahili, kit, kit and caboodle, kit bag, kit carson mountain, kit fox, kit out

Words related to kit and caboodle

limit, works

British Dictionary definitions for kit and caboodle (1 of 5)

kit 1
/ (kɪt) /

noun

a set of tools, supplies, construction materials, etc, for use together or for a purpose a first-aid kit; a model aircraft kit
the case or container for such a set
  1. a set of pieces of equipment ready to be assembled
  2. (as modifier)kit furniture
  1. clothing and other personal effects, esp those of a traveller or soldiersafari kit; battle kit
  2. informal clothing in general (esp in the phrase get one's kit off)
NZ a flax basket
the whole kit or the whole kit and caboodle informal everything or everybody
See also kit out

Word Origin for kit

C14: from Middle Dutch kitte tankard

British Dictionary definitions for kit and caboodle (2 of 5)

kit 2
/ (kɪt) /

noun

a kind of small violin, now obsolete, used esp by dancing masters in the 17th–18th centuries

Word Origin for kit

C16: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for kit and caboodle (3 of 5)

kit 3
/ (kɪt) /

noun

an informal or diminutive name for kitten
a cub of various small mammals, such as the ferret or fox

Word Origin for kit

C16: by shortening

British Dictionary definitions for kit and caboodle (4 of 5)

kit 4
/ (kɪt) /

noun

NZ a plaited flax basket

Word Origin for kit

from Māori kete

British Dictionary definitions for kit and caboodle (5 of 5)

KIT
/ text messaging /

abbreviation for

keep in touch

Idioms and Phrases with kit and caboodle

kit and caboodle

see whole kit and caboodle.