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wazoo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /wəˈzuː/
  • /wæˈzuː/
  • /wɑˈzu/ (US, also)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Possibly a variant of kazoo.

Meanings

  1. (slang) The anus.
    • “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):
    • "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:
  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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wazoos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

out the wazoo · up the wazoo · through the wazoo