kazoo

noun, verb — 3 senses

kazoo

noun

/kəˈzuː/

Etymology Probably onomatopoeic.

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.

US, Slang Synonym of keister (“anus or buttocks”).

In fact, you can't scratch yourself without getting a bellybutton up the old kazoo there.1969, Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy, spoken by Ratso (Dustin Hoffman):

Derived terms: kazooist, kazooer, kazoolike

kazoo

verb

Etymology Probably onomatopoeic.

To play the kazoo.

Related terms: wazoo

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