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- US Pronunciation
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- [ker-floo-ee]
- /kərˈflu i/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [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
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.
kerflooey usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms 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.
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