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zoo

  [zoo] ,
–noun, plural zoos.
1. Also called zoological garden. a parklike area in which live animals are kept in cages or large enclosures for public exhibition.
2. Informal. a place, activity, or group marked by chaos or unrestrained behavior.
Origin:
1840–50; first two syllables of zoological garden taken as one syllable
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zoo   (zōō)   
n.   pl. zoos

  1. A park or an institution in which living animals are kept and usually exhibited to the public. Also called zoological garden.

  2. Slang A place or situation marked by confusion or disorder: The bus station is a zoo on Fridays.


[Short for zoological garden.]
zoological garden  
n.  See zoo.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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zoo

  1. n.
    a confusing and chaotic place. : This place is a zoo on Monday mornings.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

zoo 
c.1847, short for Zoological Gardens of the London Zoological Society, established 1828 in Regent's Park to house the society's collection of wild animals. From comb. form of Gk. zoion "an animal," lit. "a living being," from PIE base *gwei- "to live, life" (cf. Gk. bios "life," O.E. cwicu "living;" see bio-). Slang meaning "crowded and chaotic place" first recorded 1935.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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