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Definition of caboodle

caboodle

/kəˈbuː.dəl/
ca · boo · dle
Plural:caboodles
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• noun

1

The whole number or quantity of people or things; an entire collection, group, or lot (used especially in the phrase 'the whole kit and caboodle').

Example

"When they moved to the countryside, they packed up the whole kit and caboodle into a single moving van."

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Word Nuance & Usage

In contemporary English, 'caboodle' is almost exclusively encountered within the fixed idiom 'the whole kit and caboodle' (or 'the whole caboodle'), meaning everything or everyone involved.

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Word Origin & Etymology

First recorded in mid-19th-century American English, likely an intensive alteration of 'boodle' (meaning a crowd or lot), which itself derives from the Dutch 'boedel', meaning property or estate.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Caboodle. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/caboodle
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