Bazoo

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn. Canada, US, dated

    "It goes against the grain to toot one’s own “bazoo”"

  2. 2
    A person's mouth. US, slang

    "If any galoot in the mob knows of anything that mout block the game ef tuk to a higher court, let him now toot his bazoo, or else keep his jaw to himself now and forever more."

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Example

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"It goes against the grain to toot one’s own “bazoo”"

Etymology

Probably from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). First attested in the mid 19th c..

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