Usually means: Put an end to something.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word kibosh:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. kibosh: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. kibosh: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kibosh: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. kibosh: Collins English Dictionary
  5. kibosh: Vocabulary.com
  6. Kibosh, kibosh: Wordnik
  7. kibosh: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. kibosh: Wiktionary
  9. kibosh: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. kibosh: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Kibosh, kibosh: Dictionary.com
  12. kibosh: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Kibosh (Casper the Friendly Ghost), Kibosh: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. kibosh: Rhymezone
  15. kibosh: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. kibosh: Free Dictionary
  17. kibosh: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Kibosh: The Word Detective
  19. kibosh: Dictionary/thesaurus
  20. Kibosh: World Wide Words

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Kibosh: Seinfeld Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. kibosh: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. kibosh: Idioms

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. kibosh, kibosh: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. kibosh: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Kibosh: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. Kibosh: 1960's Slang
  5. kibosh: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See kiboshing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (kibosh)

noun:  (slang) Chiefly in put on the kibosh or put the kibosh on: something which checks or restrains.
verb:  (transitive) To decisively put a stop to or terminate (someone or something).
noun:  (British, slang, obsolete, rare) Bosh, nonsense.
noun:  (British, slang, obsolete, rare) Chiefly preceded by the: fashion, style.

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