bazoo U.S. slang.
(bəˈzuː)
[Origin unknown; cf. Du. bazuin trumpet.]
= kazoo; also transf., mouth.
| 1877 Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 4) 49 Blowin' his bazoo, gasconade; braggadocio. Tennessee. 1884 E. W. Nye Baled Hay 237 People..listen to the silvery tinkle of his bazoo. 1888 W. Whitman November Boughs 407 Among the far-west newspapers, have been, or are,..The Bazoo, of Missouri. 1909 Webster, Bazoo, a kind of wind instrument; also, the mouth. 1928 Collier's 18 Aug. 34/3 After the orators have been braying away on their bazoos, futilely naming obscure statesmen for Vice President. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan (1936) iii. 53 His mother was always blowing off her bazoo about him being her blue-eyed baby. 1948 Sat. Even. Post 24 Apr. 173/2 Shut yer big bazoo! |