caboodle

ca-boo-dle · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (informal, usually in phrase "the whole kit and caboodle") The whole lot; everything.

Related words

See also: kit, lot
Synonyms: bunch, collection, lot

Etymology

American English, probably an alteration of boodle meaning "a lot, a crowd," possibly influenced by kit. First attested in the mid-19th century.