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wazoo

/wæˈzuː/US/wɑˈzu/

wazoo noun: the anus.

Noun

wazoo (plural wazoos)

  1. (slang) The anus.
    • "When you get burned once," Markham continued, "as I did in 'Second Hundred Years' ... where I got my wazoo shot off ..."1969 September 3, Richard K. Shull, “What 'Mr. Deeds' Is Depends On Speaker”, in Indianapolis News, page 19
    • “He's doing it wrong! I am much more suave, debonair, and sophisticated than that!” “Yes, Dan, that's a very debonair stain you have on your shirt.” “I'll have you know I have sophistication coming out the wazoo!”2011 January 15, Dan Mandel & Chris Pearson, “The Ninja” (10:11 from the start), in Dan Vs., season 1, episode 4, spoken by Dan (Curtis Armstrong)
  2. (slang) A horrible person; an arsehole.
    • Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the poof I'm a river.'1969, Beard & Kennedy, Bored of the Rings, page 87

Forms of wazoo

pluralwazoos

Origin of wazoo

Possibly a variant of kazoo.

Words formed from wazoo

Words that rhyme with wazoo

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Questions about wazoo

What does wazoo mean?
Wazoo means the anus.
What part of speech is wazoo?
Wazoo is a noun.
How do you pronounce wazoo?
Wazoo is pronounced /wæˈzuː/.
What is the plural of wazoo?
The plural of wazoo is wazoos.

Words near wazoo in the dictionary

  1. wazirs
  2. wazirship
  3. wazirships
  4. Wazn
  5. wazn't
  6. wazoo
  7. wazoos
  8. wazukhana
  9. wazukhanas
  10. wazungu
  11. wazungus

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