caboodlecaboodle means any large collection of things or people. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.EtymologyUS slang, mid 19th century, thought to be a corruption of kitboodle, from kit + boodle. "The whole boodle" is attested in the 1830s, and "the whole caboodle" in 1848.nounAny large collection of things or people.