kazoo
pronunciation
How to pronounce kazoo in British English:
UK [kəˈzu:]
How to pronounce kazoo in American English:
US [kəˈzu]
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- Noun:
- a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
Word Origin
- kazoo (n.)
- 1884, American English, probably altered from earlier bazoo "trumpet" (1877); probably ultimately imitative (compare bazooka). In England, formerly called a Timmy Talker, in France, a mirliton.Kazoos, the great musical wonder, ... anyone can play it; imitates fowls, animals, bagpipes, etc. [1895 Montgomery Ward catalogue, p.245] But mostly "etc."
Example
- 1. Kazoo , kazoo you are mine , why do you turn your back on me ?