Bazoo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bazoo is a noun meaning (Canada, US, dated) A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
Meaning
(Canada, US, dated) A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
More Meanings
- (US, slang) A person's mouth.
Example Sentences
It goes against the grain to toot one’s own “bazoo”
"As for the screechin', one bazoo's as good as a dozen, if so be ye blow it fierce enough."
No doubt you have heard the expression, “He blows his bazoo too much.” In Arkansas that is said of a “windy” guy who talks too much.
Born Charles Westover in Coopersville, Michigan, on 30 December 1939, he learned to play the bazoo, ukulele and, eventually, the guitar.
Word Forms
- bazoos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kazoo, gazoo, gazooka, bazoom, bugle, vuvuzela.
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