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caboshes

caboshes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cabosh.

Meaning of cabosh

Verb

cabosh (third-person singular simple present caboshes, present participle caboshing, simple past and past participle caboshed)

  1. To put the cabosh on.
    • On the other hand, however, it is my sincere hope that pipers as a community backed by the Scottish Pipers' Association, will do their utmost to cabosh any such project.1948, Piping Times - Volumes 1-4, page 11

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Questions about caboshes

What is caboshes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Caboshes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cabosh.

Words near caboshes in the dictionary

  1. caboose
  2. caboosen
  3. cabooses
  4. cabosh
  5. caboshed
  6. caboshes
  7. caboshing
  8. cabossed
  9. cabosside
  10. cabossides
  11. Cabot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caboshes (page history and authors); cabosh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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