kerflooey

ker·floo·ey

K k

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ker-floo-ee]
- /kərˈflu i/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ker-floo-ee]
- /kərˈflu i/

Definitions of kerflooey word

adverb kerflooey Informal. to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail: As soon as the storm hit, every light in town went kerflooey. 1
noun kerflooey (US) kaput. 1
adverb kerflooey into a state of destruction or malfunction (esp in the phrase go kerflooey) 0

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Parts of speech for Kerflooey

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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kerflooey popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for kerflooey

adj kerflooey

bonkers — If you say that someone is bonkers, you mean that they are silly or act in a crazy way.
broken — Broken is the past participle of break.
defective — If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.

All 24 Synonyms of kerflooey