Today’s word - kibosh
Other forms: kiboshedWhen you put the kibosh on something, you refuse to let it happen, or you bring it to an end. Your town may put the kibosh on dogs in the park if their owners don't clean up after them.
You'll almost always find the word kibosh in the phrase "put the kibosh on." Kids often feel like their teachers and parents are constantly putting the kibosh on their fun, and you may be disappointed when a rainy day puts the kibosh on your picnic plans. The origin of kibosh is unknown — though many people think it's Yiddish, the word's earliest use was probably in an Irish neighborhood in London in the early 1800s.
Definitions of kibosh
1. noun the event of something ending
Synonyms: halt, stop
2. verb stop from happening or developing
Synonyms: block, halt, stop
types: embargo prevent commerce
stay stop a judicial process
type of: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, preempt, prevent
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Question
kibosh means to:
(A) revise or renew one's appraisal
(B) stop from happening or developing
(C) grope, scratch, or feel searchingly
(D) surround so as to force to give up
Right Answer :- (B) stop from happening or developing
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