Vuvuzela
/vuːvuːˈzɛlə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
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More examples"The words of the year 2010 in Denmark are "ash cloud", "Peripheral Denmark", "vuvuzela" and "WikiLeaks"."
Etymology
Borrowed from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.