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/vuːvuːˈzɛlə/ · noun
A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound..
When the Manchester United squad walked through the arrival gates at Durban International yesterday, most players heard a vuvuzela for the first time.
I’m talking, of course, about the vuvuzela. Essentially, a metre-long blowhorn, which you may struggle to get past a steward at an English football ground.
For some, the vuvuzelas herald the country’s piercing emergence from the forced racial hush of apartheid.
Use vuvuzela when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vuvuzela means A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound..
Common synonyms include stadium horn, stadium trumpet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When the Manchester United squad walked through the arrival gates at Durban International yesterday, most players heard a vuvuzela for the first time.
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