napoo

1 of 3

interjection

na·​poo

variants or napooh

nəˈpü

British

—used to indicate that something is finished, incapacitated, dead, all gone, or nonexistent or that the answer is no

napoo

2 of 3

adjective

variants or napooh

"

slang, British

: all gone : no more : finished, incapacitated, nonexistent, dead

napoo

3 of 3

verb

variants or napooh

"

-ed/-ing/-s

transitive verb

slang, British : to put an end to : stop, finish, incapacitate, exhaust, kill

the corporal's right arm being napooed

—New York Herald Tribune

intransitive verb

slang, British : to come to an end : die

Word History

Etymology

Interjection

modification of French il n'y en a plus there is no more, it's over

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