bazoo

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bazoo

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

noun bazoos

  1. Canada, US, dated A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn. It goes against the grain to toot one’s own “bazoo”
  2. US, slang A person's mouth. 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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@misc{bazoo_2026,
  title = {bazoo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bazoo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}