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kazoo
/ kəˈzuː /
noun
- a cigar-shaped musical instrument of metal or plastic with a membranous diaphragm of thin paper that vibrates with a nasal sound when the player hums into it
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kazoo1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kazoo1
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Idioms and Phrases
- pain in the kazoo, Slang. pain ( def 5 ):
Organizing the family reunion was a big pain in the kazoo.
- up / out the kazoo, Slang. wazoo ( def 3 ):
We pay taxes up the kazoo, but the streets are still full of potholes and trash collection comes late.
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Example Sentences
When you order a picnic kit at 14th Street sub shop Compliments Only, there’s a kazoo thrown in along with plates and napkins.
You might be brought up by parents who are wonderful musicians, but you decide that you never even want to touch a kazoo.
It’s also why the hold music tends to sound like an all-chimp kazoo band.
There was a moment in the show when Culkin did a kazoo solo on “Take a Bite of the Wild Slice.”
Somewhere in the bushes, someone began to play a kazoo, adding the final touch of melancholy and heartbreak to the music.
"There's a kazoo for everyone, too," said Shaw, as the outstretched hands were equipped with wedding ammunition.
The Sand Piper marched ahead, playing on a tuneful instrument known as a kazoo.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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