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kazoom

kazoom interjection: an abrupt or explosive zooming noise; the sound of something powerfully speeding by.

Interjection

  1. An abrupt or explosive zooming noise; the sound of something powerfully speeding by.
    • Zap is a comic-book hero - Zap! Powie! Kazoom!; why have you retired, Zap, when we need you so much?1975, Rennie Ellis, Australian Graffiti, page [1]
    • I saw a white light flash from side to side and I heard a loud buzz zooming in my head - kazoom, kazoom!1988, Good Housekeeping, volume 207, page 62

Noun

kazoom (plural kazooms)

  1. (in plural, slang) A (large) female breast.
    • “What’s a mambo?” “You know, whamos, kaboopies, chugamuggas,” amplified Hootman, making jiggling motions with both hands in front of his narrow chest. “He must mean,” realized Mr. Giggle, “mammywammies, chubbles, kazooms.” “What kind of nerfing act do you think we’re doing. We’re beloved by...1977, Ron Goulart, chapter 10, in Crackpot (Fragmented America), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 58
    • Loggin flips the magazine onto the desk. “Look at them kazooms! You ever see this shere—Cosmo-politan? I found it in the lobby. Fine piece of titty on the cover, but ain’t worth a turd on the inside.[…]”1979, Harold Jaffe, “Sept. 3”, in Mole’s Pity, New York, N.Y.: Fiction Collective, →ISBN, page 105

Examples of kazoom in a sentence

  • Giggle, “mammywammies, chubbles, kazooms.” “What kind of nerfing act do you think we’re doing.1977, Ron Goulart, chapter 10, in Crackpot (Fragmented America), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 58:
  • The clasp slips free (gad, what lush kazooms) and she even helps him pull off the blouse that is now cuffing her at the elbows.1987, Mark Christensen, “Bang Your Head”, in Mortal Belladaywic, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 132:

Synonyms of kazoom

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Forms of kazoom

pluralkazooms

Origin of kazoom

From ka- + zoom. Compare kaboom.

Questions about kazoom

What does kazoom mean?
Kazoom means an abrupt or explosive zooming noise; the sound of something powerfully speeding by.
How do you use kazoom in a sentence?
Giggle, “mammywammies, chubbles, kazooms.” “What kind of nerfing act do you think we’re doing.
What part of speech is kazoom?
Kazoom can be an interjection or a noun.

Words near kazoom in the dictionary

  1. kazooers
  2. kazooing
  3. kazooist
  4. kazooists
  5. kazoolike
  6. kazoom
  7. kazooms
  8. kazoos
  9. kazowie
  10. Kazue
  11. Kazuhisa

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