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Definition of kibosh : 1. Nonsense; stuff; also, fashion; style.
2. Portland cement when thrown or blown into the recesses of carved stonework to intensify the shadows.

Synonyms:

embarrass, terminate, block off, hold, bar, break, check, hold back, stop, occlude, forget, intercept, immobilise, lay off, jam, contain, cease, finish, barricade, stem, stop over, stuff, block, break off, obturate, deflect, block up, arrest, halt, obstruct, freeze, immobilize, stymy, stymie, parry, lug, hinder, blockade, impede, staunch, quit, discontinue, choke up, blank out, close up, stanch, turn back, draw a blank, end, give up, hold on

Usage examples:

• Then he can disappear and leave you to put the kibosh on him. - "The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On", Eugene Manlove Rhodes.
• If Collier were here, he'd probably put the kibosh on it- if he found out before the trade was closed. - "Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager", Burt L. Standish.
• This crook's clever all right, but I got the kibosh on him this time. - "The Brass Bowl", Louis Joseph Vance.